Ex-Rabbi Co-founder of a private equity firm explains why he acquired Pornhub

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Solomon Friedman is one of the new owners of PornHub. He is an attorney and rabbi (some reports say he is a former rabbi). His private equity firm took over Mindgeek, the umbrella company of virtually every porn site.

He vowed to save PornHub from ruin and make it a better place. What he means by a better place might not be what most people think is “better.”

In the clip below, Solomon coaches defense attorneys of pedophiles on how to get lesser sentences for their sex offender clients. When the prosecutor next to him argues that the 30-day sentences for pedophiles back in 2009 weren’t enough, Solomon jokes, “the good old days.” (No one laughs…)

Nothing against rabbis since he’s rogue; we have rogue priests in my religion, but how do people reconcile this with religion? It’s not funny. It ruins children’s lives.

According to Yahoo Finance, this is why he bought it:

“When a potential MindGeek acquisition became available, we took an open-minded, unbiased look at it,” says Friedman. “What we found absolutely blew our minds. We found a company that had created the best-in-class online trust and safety automation tools. … We’re of the belief that these tools must be shared with the larger internet.”

The tools, he says, are designed to verify the identity of the people in videos, as well as their age and consent to posting, using both human and automated checks. They also create digital fingerprints to flag pre-existing content to combat piracy and have a portal designed to help law enforcement officials collect necessary data.

“We see enormous value beyond the adult industry for those tools,” he says. “We see enormous value in the online trust and safety tool. I have no doubt that people are going to be hearing more about that and its applications well beyond adult. We feel we have a responsibility to develop those tools beyond their current uses.”

He’s also looking at it going mainstream:

While ECP sees value in the technology behind Pornhub and other MindGeek properties, it’s not discounting the substantial revenues in the content itself. Friedman notes that just a few years ago, cannabis was a taboo subject in Canada and much of the U.S., but has since become one that is openly discussed. The private equity firm believes adult entertainment is on the cusp of that same sort of mainstreaming.

“We’re of the view that there’s real potential for adult audiences,” he says. “Adults need a place on the internet. And the opportunity for creating those spaces and ensuring those are safe and stigma-free has real potential.”

So, it’s for money, the tools, and mainstreaming porn? Didn’t Sodom and Gomorrah happen because this stuff went mainstream?

 

Correction: Mr. Friedman is only a partial owner. The headline was changed to clarify. Also, he rejected the teachings as a rabbi.

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Anonymous
Anonymous
1 year ago

Woah you mean Jews run the porn industry? That’s crazy.

Bob
Bob
1 year ago

“Nobody laughed”? I did. That was hilarious.

Earnest
Earnest
1 year ago

The article is a very thinly veiled antisemitic attack. And, no, porn is not what caused Sodom and Gomorrah.

Anonymous
Anonymous
1 year ago
Reply to  Earnest

Sodom and Gomorrah was about hospitality. Go back to the original texts.

1775
1775
1 year ago
Reply to  Anonymous

Why do you let Satan sift you like wheat?

Jimjones666
Jimjones666
1 year ago
Reply to  1775

Satan – not real. Really. Isn’t it odd that there is NOTHING written in the bible that could not have been written by someone living in the 1st century? Why is that? Why is the bible filled with so much utter nonsense.

Tzvi
Tzvi
1 year ago
Reply to  Anonymous

The Men of the City also wanted to “know” the guests…that is they wanted to rape them…they refused the offer by the not so great Lot of his Virgin daughter to play with….they wanted the Men….

So yes worse than Heterosexual Porn…but Pornography is not wholesome by a long shot.

Tzvi
Tzvi
1 year ago
Reply to  Earnest

I don’t see that, and I am an Orthodox Levite. Please see my comment under M Dowling . There is a lot of REAL anti Jewish material out there, this does not even get close to that… Just remember Ezra ( known the Scribe, the Kohain, and the Chassid) had to collectively slap the Israelites in the face by using… Read more »

Jimjones666
Jimjones666
1 year ago
Reply to  Tzvi

Was October 7th your gods plan? It must have been right.

Tzvi
Tzvi
1 year ago
Reply to  Jimjones666

The Concert for Peace” close to Gaza should never have been allowed for security purposes…let alone from a religious standpoint it was on Shabbat ( Sabbath) AND a holy Festival ( Shemini Atzeret) So a lot of Violating Shabbat there. I still feel bad for those people, just like I feel bad for the Bedouin in Rahat that were attacked… Read more »

clandr
clandr
1 year ago

God help us!

Last edited 1 year ago by clandr
Tzvi
Tzvi
1 year ago
Reply to  clandr

He does and will. These things will be corrected…in a way only God can do.

AtD
AtD
1 year ago

God has blessed Jews. They have a great potential for good and a very great potential for evil. Therein lies their dilemma.

Mark Nedelman
Mark Nedelman
1 year ago
Reply to  AtD

Not very profound. Jews can pick good or evil? That’s a human capacity and applies to also to non-Jews

Tzvi
Tzvi
1 year ago
Reply to  Mark Nedelman

Many modern Rabbi’s say the same thing…although they have been influenced by the overlay of the Zohar and eastern philosophy ( etc.) upon real Kabalah. Still, they have a point… Look at how the REAL Amalek is called “first among nations…” Numbers (Bamidbar) 24:20 They too had great potential but misuse it. Just look how they instigated the Edomites to… Read more »

Elena
Elena
1 year ago

Wicked man

Bon
Bon
1 year ago
Reply to  Elena

You are

Jimjones666
Jimjones666
1 year ago
Reply to  Elena

Christian Taliban ^^^

Sandy Sapowicz
Sandy Sapowicz
1 year ago

#TheNoticing continues…