OnlyFans 101: Addressing the Latest Threat to Online Safety (CHES/MCHES)
If you work with youth populations, students or victims, OnlyFans.com needs to be on your radar. The social media platform has exploded in popularity (90 million users and growing) over the past year - and yet is uniquely dangerous for content creators. The site is on pace to have more users than SnapChat in under 2 years - but with far greater safety risks. The risks of nonconsensual pornography, harassment, impersonation and cyberstalking are heightened on OnlyFans, and must become part of the broader online safety conversation. With students and young folx joining in droves, it's critical we understand the risks quickly before OnlyFans becomes mainstream. We see this as an opportunity to be ahead of the curve. This starts with raising awareness about the risks before unsuspecting young content creators join the site and helping those that do join to stay safe.
Learning Objectives
Learning Objectives: Attendees will be able to:
1) Describe 2 unique features of OnlyFans that are responsible for drawing users and creators, particularly young ones, to the site.
2) Identify 3 risk factors faced by content creators on OnlyFans.
3) Explain how OnlyFans mainstreams online sex work while obscuring the safety risks.
4) List 2 effective strategies to communicate about the risks of joining OnlyFans.