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A disturbing and shadowy realm known as “sleep porn” has begun to attract significant scrutiny, with the spotlight on an adult website called Motherless. This site has reportedly become a hub for the alarming exchange of videos and advice related to the drugging and assault of partners.
According to a report by CNN, Motherless saw a staggering 62 million visits in February alone, with a substantial number of these visits originating from the United States. The site is alleged to host videos where men share footage of heinous acts against their partners, alongside offering guidance on how to carry out such acts.
Efforts to reach Motherless for a comment by various media including Oxygen, through a contact form and via an attorney with past ties to the company, have so far been met with silence. The site also did not respond to CNN’s requests for comment during their investigation.
What is Motherless?
Motherless brands itself as “a moral free file host where anything legal is hosted forever,” a tagline that hints at its permissive content policy. However, CNN’s investigation revealed that the site harbors over 20,000 videos tagged as “sleep” content. These clips often feature unconscious women and are categorized under hashtags like #passout and #eyecheck, raising serious ethical and legal concerns.
Among this troubling inventory are videos that allegedly showcase sexual abuse, with some depicting men lifting the eyelids of women to demonstrate their unconscious state. Additionally, users are purportedly sharing tips on how to incapacitate women, adding a chilling layer to this digital underworld.
The site is just one piece of a broader network that French lawmaker Sandrine Josso likened to “an online rape academy.” After being drugged by a former senator, she is now committed to raising awareness about drug facilitated sexual abuse. As she told CNN, “There are all the ‘subjects’ and ‘disciplines’ needed to become a good rapist or sexual predator.”
While investigating Motherless, CNN reporters also discovered “Zzz,” a group on the message app Telegram, when a site user linked out to the platform. There, users allegedly posted similar sleep porn videos.
“Zzz” has since been removed from Telegram.
As a company spokesperson told CNN, content that “encourages sexual violence is explicitly forbidden” and “removed whenever discovered.”
“Moderators empowered with custom AI tools proactively monitor public parts of the app and accept reports in order to ban accounts breaching our terms of service and remove millions of pieces of harmful content each day,” the statement said, “including content that calls for sexual violence.”
Meanwhile, Motherless’ parent company Kick Online Entertainment S.A was previously investigated by the UK service regulator Ofcom for allegedly not providing “suitable and sufficient illegal content risk assessment,” per CNN. However, the investigation was later closed when the company provided the necessary paperwork.
Ofcom told CNN that its purpose was “not to tell platforms which specific content to take down and that the responsibility falls to platforms to decide whether content is illegal.”