Pornhub continued to host 'deepfake' porn with millions of views, despite promise to ban [UPDATE]

UPDATE: Feb. 12, 2018, 6:43 p.m. EST Pornhub has removed the videos in question, based on the same search term used earlier on Monday. The company has not responded to an additional request for comment. We will update if we hear back.

Pornhub has promised to remove "deepfake" porn from its massive video platform. But 48 of these videos remained online Monday morning, some with millions of views.

"Deepfake" porn typically features actresses or other celebrity women who haven't consented to appearing in the videos. New and easily-accessible software makes it simple for anyone to stitch footage of one person's face onto another's, which has predictably resulted in hardcore porn featuring the likenesses of Scarlett Johansson, Gal Gadot, and others. Read more...