The Covid-19 pandemic has plunged many people around the world into financial hardship, and many individuals — including Thai citizens — have turned to producing their own, adult content on the British social media platform OnlyFans, in order to survive.
In fact, Thailand’s harsh pornography laws don’t seem to deter desperate content creators, some of whom said they had to resort to the infamous social media platform “to get through the pandemic”.
A 34-year-old content creator, who was almost forced to give up his T-shirt shop in tourist-reliant Chatuchak market that he has had for 14 years, was among those who turned to the site after the pandemic struck.
“I’ve used almost all my savings to keep this shop alive. What else could I do, if I didn’t turn to OnlyFans?” he said.
On the platform, a…
