
A charity has criticised what it referred to as a “reprehensible” LinkedIn publish from an Ofcom senior employees member which promoted a job supervising the porn business.
He has been accused of “trivialising” violence in opposition to girls and women for the publish, which learn: “At all times wished to work in porn however do not have the toes for an OnlyFans? Now’s your likelihood”.
CEASE, which seeks to fight sexual exploitation within the UK, mentioned Ofcom was treating coping with pornographic websites as a “perk” and didn’t “perceive the affect of porn on youngsters”.
In a press release, Ofcom instructed the ORIONEWS it was “a mistake from a well-intentioned colleague wishing to draw consideration to a recruitment publish”.
“They’ve recognised that the publish was ill-judged and mentioned sorry,” they mentioned.
“Ofcom takes its position as on-line security regulator extraordinarily critically and we’re centered on discovering the most effective individuals to assist us perform the job.”
‘Scream of ache’
The publish – which was preferred by quite a lot of senior Ofcom employees – has been sharply criticised by Baroness Kidron, a crossbench peer who campaigns for kids’s rights on-line.
She despatched she’d been forwarded the advert dozens of occasions and responded with a “scream of ache.”
“The commercial trivialises the problem of violence in opposition to girls and women”, she instructed the ORIONEWS.
“Ofcom doesn’t perceive their position, they’re all now we have between us and so they strongest firms on this planet, we want grown ups who need outcomes that change individuals’s lives for the higher.”
And Gemma Kelly, head of coverage and public affairs at CEASE, was additionally closely crucial.
“A consultant of Ofcom – the organisation liable for regulating dangerous on-line content material – making jokes about an business which normalises violence in opposition to girls, monetises sexual assault, and encourages objectification is totally reprehensible,” she mentioned.
Others who work within the charity sector have replied to her, with one particular person saying the publish from an Ofcom member of employees was “grossly offensive” and one other calling it “deeply inappropriate and disturbing”.

The LinkedIn publish was made by an Ofcom worker who describes himself as an “On-line Security Supervision Principal”, through which he’s “managing a group liable for engagement with on-line pornography providers”.
“I wished to carry my palms up and apologise for the tone of the publish beneath,” he wrote in an replace to his authentic LinkedIn publish.
“It was poorly judged and I apologise for the offence I’ve brought about,” he added.
He says the marketed job entails “partaking with on-line pornography providers” to fight unlawful content material and prohibit entry to youngsters.
He provides his group additionally works to grasp present security measures and assess how nicely they shield customers.
Ofcom is taking up broad new enforcement powers for pornographic websites and lots of different digital providers because of the On-line Security Act, which comes partly into power in 2025.