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OnlyFans over the last year has sometimes seemed ambivalent about the sexually explicit performers that made the subscription site a pandemic-era success story. At one point it even annouced a short-lived ban on sexual content. Its new CEO Ami Gan wants to make something clear: sex is staying on OnlyFans. 

“We want to – and very much own – that we are a platform inclusive of adult content,” Gan told me in her first in-depth interview since taking the reins of the company from founder Tim Stokely late last year. “We are proud to have adult creators on OnlyFans.” Read the full Q&A here

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