Meet Pornhub’s New Owner: Solomon Friedman of Ethical Capital Partners

We have a major interview coming at you today, Jacob and John welcome Solomon Friedman into Down to the Wire Studios for an exclusive sit down. Solomon is a top Criminal Defence Attorney in Canada and is now the Co-Founder of Ethical Capital Partners (ECP), which just acquired MindGeek, thus acquiring Pornhub. We discuss the details of this purchase, the core values of ECP and their approach to the adult industry. ECP acquired Pornhub a day after the Netflix documentary ‘Money Shot: The Pornhub Story’ was released. It details legal issues and controversy surrounding MindGeek, the adult platform that faced public scrutiny stemming from a viral New York Times article. Solomon answers concerns raised in the documentary, along with how he believes adult can be done properly. We discuss the future of Pornhub along with the adult industry, including details on some groundbreaking technology that will reshape the internet as a whole.  Conversations also lead into the legal battles they face, how ECP is going to be sex worker driven, the financial discrimination they face, content restrictions, age verification technology, collaborating with other tech giants and so much more. Today’s episode is fuelled by Red Bull Canada, we thank you for your support! Follow ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Down to the Wire on IG⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Subscribe to our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Channel, check out our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ & read our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠blogs⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, be a lot cooler if you did. Follow on Spotify Podcasts: Follow on Apple Podcasts: Follow us on Instagram: (0:00) Intro  (0:47) Guys Beings Dudes (1:12) Meet Solomon Friedman (1:52) Incognito Browser  (2:15) Lame Search History (3:08) How Much is Pornhub Worth? (3:41) Process of Buying PornHub (4:43) Who is MindGeek? (6:38) How is Porn Done Properly? (7:58) This technology is the future (9:41) How PornHub Detects Illegal Content (11:32) What is SafeGuard? (13:29) Preventing Non-Consensual Content (15:42) Adult Industry Will Save the Internet / History of Adult Entertainment (18:14) Is the Internet a Safe Place? (18:41) Sex Jokes (19:25) AI Facial Recognition  (20:25) Why Buy Pornhub? (20:58) Groundbreaking Technology (24:06) Age Estimation Software (25:20) Operating a Tech Giant (28:06) Industries That Need Ethical Leadership (30:22) MindGeek Should Be Boring (31:33) The Future of the Internet (34:09) Regaining Public Trust / Verified Uploaders (41:18) Removing Content on Pornhub  (43:07) MindGeek’s Next Level Technology  (45:13) Collaborating with Other Tech Giants (46:28) MindGeek’s Legal Battle (48:24) Avoiding Echo Chambers (50:12) Ethical Capital Partners Advisory Board (53:25) TraffickingHub (Exodus Cry & NCOSE) (56:07) Abolishing Porn and Adult Content (59:09) Shoutout RedBull (59:31) How Dangerous Can the Adult Industry Get? (01:01:20) Cannabis Industry vs Adult Industry (01:03:29) Porn is a reflection of society (01:04:50) Freedom of sexual expression (01:06:23) MindGeek’s Culture  (01:09:40) How Does it Feel Owning Pornhub? (01:11:48) Financial Discrimination (01:14:01) Sex Worker Driven (01:17:03) Stigma on Sex Work (01:19:02) Visa and Mastercard (01:20:27) ECP Approach to Mental Health (01:24:57) PornHubs Corporate Social Responsibility  (01:26:05) Parents Restricting Pornhub (01:27:08) Device Based Age Verification (01:29:12) Working with Apple, Microsoft and Google (01:30:56) Being at the Table with GAFA (01:33:41) How Long Until the Adult Industry is Accepted? (01:35:09) Is this a No Brainer? (01:36:20) The Facts (01:39:18) Who is Solomon Friedman? (01:41:25) Sex Work Without Exploitation (01:44:30) What’s in it for you? (01:46:40) Why do you do this? (01:47:44) Public Enemy Number One (01:49:33) What’s (Really) in it for you? (01:51:42) How Much Does Money Influence You? (01:54:26) The Challenge That Lies Ahead (01:54:53) Competing With OnlyFans (01:56:40) Why Ethical Capital Partners? General Topics Include: Solomon Friedman, PornHub, MindGeek, Ethical Capital Partners, SafeGuard, Incognito Search History, Adult Entertainment, Adult Industry, Groundbreaking technology, Digital Fingerprint, SafeGuard, Meta, Facebook, WhatsApp, internet, Elon Musk, Twitter, Substack, Artificial Intelligence, GAFA, Google, Apple, Amazon, Netflix, trusted flagger program, PornHub Transparency Report, content removal form, Money Shot Documentary, PornHub Documentary, Exodus Cry, NCOSE, Morality in Media, Sex Work, Sex Workers, Stigma, Exclusive Interview, Visa, Mastercard, OC Transpo, OC Transpo Crash, Criminal Law, Only Fans, Netflix, Ethics. #MindGeek #Podcast #newspodcast #comedypodcast #sexuality #techgiants #technology #technews #technewstoday #meta