The creator’s monetization platform is sued for the alleged distribution of CSAM

Pass, a direct monetization platform for fans for creators sustained by 40 million dollars in series a The financing was sent to court for the distribution of sexual abuse materials on children (also known as CSAM). While the guidelines do not allow creators to post nude photos or videos, as opposed to competitors like only Fans, a creator has has sued Pass, claiming that the company produced, owned and sold sexually explicit content, with her when she was a minor.

The process, submitted by Creator Alice Rosenblum, was reported for the first time by information.

In addition to the company itself, the process was introduced against Alec Celestin and Lani Ginoza – two persons who are described in the process as “agents” for crossings – as well as the founder and CEO of Pass Lucy Guo.

Rosenblum claims that each defendant was aware that she was a minor and that the company had an explicit sexual content.

Passages said Guo had no involvement and told Techcrunch that there is no “no recording or memory” of Guo who interacts with Rosenblum.

Regardless of the result of the process, the case highlights the questions about how fan platforms can be used to distribute illegally.

“Claiming the process that is aware of the court creators in order to post inappropriate materials is completely and completely false,” a spokesman for the passage, Alex Worsham, told Techcrunch. “We cannot say this position firmer. To the extent that there was an inadequate conduct here, he is with the applicant’s talent manager, Alec Celestin. “

Celestin did not respond to Techcrunch’s request for comments.

Rosenblum claims that Celestin – the former director of Brand & Community La Fanfix, a similar creator platform – has taken care of her and directed her to take explicit photos and videos at seventeen. In the days before the birthday last September, Rosenblum claims that Celestin has approached him with ideas for an 18 -year -old marketing campaign to promote the explicit images he claims has created as a minor.

Rosenblum claims that Guo intervened to replace the safety measures in the passages that he claims would have reported their contents as CSAM (sexual abuse material for children). A spokesman for passing has denied this statement.

While Rosenblum’s trial describes Celestin as an “agent” working with the crossings, the company told Techcrunch that Celestin is “a former socializing contractor who has passed to beautify his relationship with our company.”

Celestin appears next to it Instagram posts next to Guo including photos celebration landmarks in developing crossings.

Celestin was also related to passing in a process From January 2024, in which the former employer of Celestin, Fanfix, accused him of sharing the secrets of the company. At that time, Guo denied this statement.

“Passs is a platform without nudity,” said Techcrunch. “The statement that the passage would help the case in the distribution of sexual explicit images – a few days before 18 Creator^Th Birthday, no less – is so defamatory and makes no sense. ”

The company is not marketed as a rival for only to work with mainstream celebrities, such as the Legend NBA Shaquille O’Neil, the NCAA Olivia Dunne gymnast and the Kygo disc manufacturer.

In a blog post from December, passes said that it strictly prohibits the explicit content and uses automated content moderation tools as a first defense to scan for violated posts. (AI is an area of ​​expertise for Guo, who co-founded unicorn Staircase you have) According to Pass, he uses a reliable and safety team to examine the signaled content and to determine the company’s orientations.

“The plaintiff and her manager, Alec Celestin, eventually moved to only, because the content (Rosenblum) continued to be reported on our platform,” Passes told Techcrunch.

Passes says it uses the standard instrument, Microsoft Photodna, to automatically scan all CSAM images, which would then be reported to the National Center for Children are missing and exploited (NCMEC), such as the typical protocol for online platforms. In it Post DecemberThe crossings said that Microsoft Photodna did not report any CSAM cases on the platform.

“Miss. Rosenblum is looking forward to obtaining justice for her and other victims like her from all the defendants,” said Rodney Villar, a lawyer representing Rosenblum. “Each defendant will have to answer for his own actions in court, not on Social Media.”