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But clearly, it offers zero protection for creators, whose content can be bought and then freely distributed onwards.
Far from being harmless, these critics regard many of the pornographic activities as a sort of virtual prostitution which, although carried out over the internet, can carry huge risks for content creators who may very well find graphic and highly personal images and films end up being taken from the site and shared more widely.
In other words, children who have gone missing pop up on the site where they can make money by making seedy videos for subscribers.
The broadcaster interviewed the mother of a 17-year-old girl called Leah who used a fake driving licence to set up an OnlyFans account where she made £5,000 uploading explicit videos of herself using sex toys.
As the site's profile rose, so it began to draw more and more mainstream celebrities into its seedy grip He created his first porn site, Glamworship, in 2011, and in 2013 built a second called Customs4U, where users could pay to ask adult film stars for bespoke content.