How porn changed the internet - and everything else
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Every day, tens of thousands of hours of pornographic content are uploaded to the internet. At peak times, 10% of internet traffic is people watching porn. But who is making money from it, and how?
Journalist Patricia Nilsson of the Financial Times has spent the past six years absorbed in this industry - chasing down its money men. She speaks with The Global Story’s Tristan Redman about how they’ve changed not just the porn we watch online, but the entire internet.
Producer: Hannah Moore
Executive producer: Martine Powers
Mix: Travis Evans
Technical producers: Stephen Bailey and Ben Andrews
Senior news editor: China Collins
Photo: Neon signs for adult video in Soho, London, United Kingdom. Credit: Mike Kemp/In Pictures via Getty Images