It was a video hosting and streaming site set up in 2014 that hoped to compete withYouTube.
It ultimately couldn’t compete, and closed its virtual doors in 2017.
Its domain was apparently recently purchased by a porn site, 5 Star HD Porn.
At the time of this writing, The Washington Post and Huffington Post appear to have rectified the issue.
Blogs and news sites regularly embed YouTube clips, Facebook and Instagram posts, and tweets into articles.
5 Star HD Porn didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
(I unearthed a few such sites this way.)
Users added to the thread sites they found to still be unwittingly hosting the NSFW content.
“It’s quite absurd in my opinion.”
I just post memes online."
