Pornhub partners with child abuse charities to intercept illegal activity

Pornhub receives 15 million visitors a month in the UK alone – more than many mainstream TV channels. Photograph: Budrul Chukrut/Sopa Images/Rex/Shutterstock

There are 175,000 searches for sexual images on Pornhub that trigger child-abuse checks every month in the UK alone, according to data provided by a groundbreaking new chatbot designed to intercept illegal activity on the adult site.

The startling figures are revealed as the chatbot is rolled out on Pornhub, the world’s biggest pornography site, after a trial that began in March.