Attorney General Dave Yost, along with 25 other attorney generals, are targeting a popular adult pornography website for what they call child predator loopholes.

Specifically, Yost is targeting Montreal-based Aylo, the parent company of Pornhub, which according to its yearly insights report had more than 150 million active users in 2022.

The loophole in question relates to guidelines that don't prevent predators from sharing videos of child sex abuse.

The attorney general is looking for answers on the company's vetting process for user-uploaded content to ensure participants are consenting adults, rather than victims of child sex abuse and other crimes.

"Without airtight safeguards, a website like this can become a haven for child molesters, rapists and other abusers," Yost said. "It appears the people in charge left the gate unlocked for predators, and the company needs to explain itself."

The move stems from a report that there is no guarantee that that people showing up in videos on the site are doing it willingly and legally. The report, made from a website called Sound Investigations, shows video of a technical product manager from Aylo detailing how people must submit an ID for verification but are not required to show their faces in content uploaded to the video.

He later admits that sex traffickers use the website for profit.

This follows a 2020 op-ed from the New York times claiming the site was "infested with rape videos." A 2021 report from the Washington post makes the same claims.

According to Yost's office, Visa and Mastercard shut off payment processing for advertising on Pornhub due to similar concerns last year. Additionally, YouTube and Instagram suspended Pornhub's accounts on the social media sites for policy violations.

The attorneys general seek Aylo's response to the claims and an explanation of the company's plan to fix the alleged loophole, so no children or other victims are abused for profit on its platforms.

The letter also asks what steps the company is taking to prevent the spread of child sex abuse materials generated by artificial intelligence, a growing concern that Yost and every other state attorney general in the nation shared with Congress earlier this month.