'Icky and heartbreaking': The $2 per hour worker behind the OnlyFans boom
The BBC talks to a Philippines-based woman paid to pretend to be an OnlyFans star in online chats.
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"while the Philippines does have relatively strict laws regarding pornography, our main concern as a union is the largely unregulated nature of this type of online work."
— Mylene Cabalona , Activist
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The BBC talks to a Philippines-based woman paid to pretend to be an OnlyFans star in online chats.
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