Porn Wikileaks was a
wiki
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website which contained the personal information, including the
real names, of over 15,000
pornographic actors. The information came from a patient
database
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managed by
AIM Medical Associates which has closed due to the lawsuits caused by the leaks,
[Porn Star HIV Test Database Leaked](_blank)
, Gawker, 30 March 2011[Porn Actors' Personal Information, HIV Status Released Through California Health Clinic, Report Says](_blank)
. FoxNews.com (7 April 2010). Retrieved on 2011-04-09. a clinic where many
pornographic film
Pornographic films (pornos), erotic films, adult films, blue films, sexually explicit films, or 18+ films, are films that represent Human sexual activity, sexually WIKT:explicit, explicit subject matter in order to sexual arousal, arouse, fasci ...
performers were tested for
sexually transmitted disease
A sexually transmitted infection (STI), also referred to as a sexually transmitted disease (STD) and the older term venereal disease (VD), is an infection that is spread by sexual activity, especially vaginal intercourse, anal sex, or ...
s.
Adult performer Christian XXX stated, "They posted my real name, the real names of my parents and pictures of them, their home address and telephone number, the name and picture and phone number of my brother, a picture of the cemetery where my grandfather recently passed away, not to mention saying that I have
HIV
The human immunodeficiency viruses (HIV) are two species of '' Lentivirus'' (a subgroup of retrovirus) that infect humans. Over time, they cause acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), a condition in which progressive failure of the im ...
."
Ownership
The website received criticism from performers such as
Kimberly Kane
Kimberly Kane (born August 28, 1983) is an American pornographic actress.
Biography
Kane was born in Tacoma, Washington, and moved to Los Angeles, California, in 2004 to pursue a career in adult entertainment. Kane officially entered the adult ...
who stated, "Most of us in the porn industry know who is behind Porn WikiLeaks; he is doing it out of hatred for a business that shunned him for being even too repugnant for porn."
The man referred to stated that he has no connections to the site "other than having an account there". This was supported in the trial against
GirlsDoPorn
GirlsDoPorn was an American pornographic website active from 2009 until 2020. In October and November 2019, six people involved with the website were charged on counts of sex trafficking by force, fraud, and coercion. In December 2019, two mor ...
, where the witness Monica's story was important to the case because the photos she had shared only with the men behind GirlsDoPorn.com, and then deleted, made their way onto PornWikiLeaks, establishing a connection beyond domain registrants between the two sites.
Ending
In August 2019, Porn Wikileaks was purchased by
Bang Bros
Bang Bros (stylized BangBros) is an independent pornographic film studio operating from Miami, Florida, United States. The network is now owned by WGCZ S.R.O., a Czech company based in Nové Město district of Prague, which purchased the net ...
, who shut it down; Bang Bros subsequently posted a video of a pile of
hard drive
A hard disk drive (HDD), hard disk, hard drive, or fixed disk is an electro-mechanical data storage device that stores and retrieves digital data using magnetic storage with one or more rigid rapidly rotating hard disk drive platter, pla ...
s being set on fire.
References
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Cyberbullying
American erotica and pornography websites
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Internet properties disestablished in 2019
Internet vigilantism
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