If People Are Funding Fake Nudes Over Real Consent, The Tech Isn’t The Problem — We Are
I ran across an article this week in Wired (link), and I have to be honest— it triggered me, and I just scanned the headline. Not because of anything personal, but more out of an outrage with the thoughts about what the hell has happened to our society — where we, as a collective, are so morally and ethically bankrupt in what we’re funding with our consumer dollars.
As ChatGPT so creatively crafted when I asked it to run some background research for this article:
“What does it say about us as a society when people are more willing to fund the violation of someone’s dignity than the celebration of their consent? When exploitation is profitable and respect is niche, it’s not just the platforms that are broken — it’s our collective conscience.”
Let me explain why ChatGPT offered that quote, based on the research I was running. Although I hesitate to even lump these two businesses together — because they don’t even come close to being in the same category — I’m an avid follower of Cindy Gallop, who founded and serves as the CEO of MakeLoveNotPorn. In her own words, from her LinkedIn profile:
“We celebrate #realworldsex as a counterpoint to porn, in order to socialize sex — making it easier for everyone in the world to talk about openly and honestly, in order to promote good sexual values and good sexual behavior. We're spearheading the Social Sex Revolution — the revolutionary part isn't the sex: it's the social.”
Again, I hate to even do her company a disservice by mentioning it in the same article, but candidly, the stark difference in how her company embodies free will — by empowering people to consciously and authentically share their sexual expression — versus how these nudity sites don’t seem to have any protections against someone’s autonomy being violated in how they are seen... is staggering. It’s morally and spiritually bankrupt.
Part of the ChatGPT research was to pull anything available under the umbrella of Terms of Service & Protection Against Non‑Consensual Content for both. Here were the findings from ChatGPT:
NudifyNo public ToS protections; in fact, criticism centers on a lack of consent mechanisms and high potential for misuse (e.g., targeting minors, blackmail).
The websites rely on third-party services (Google, AWS) whose policies prohibit illegal content — but enforcement is lax.
No individual platform clearly outlines consent verification in its ToS.
MakeLoveNotPornStrict human-curation model: every video/profile post/comment is manually reviewed before publication — ensuring consent, age verification (18+), legality, and safety (The Noodler).
Cindy Gallop emphasized their policy: as soon as any contributor requests removal, content is taken down “within ten minutes” with no friction.
Their ToS-centered commitment is that the platform is a “safe place… designed and built for the female lens.”
I was also interested in looking through the lens of funding, as Cindy Gallop is frequently — from my perspective — an incredibly vocal advocate about the discrepancies in women founders achieving less funding than their male counterparts or competitors. Again, my words and interpretation — not hers. So I was curious about both the funding and revenue models for both platforms.
Here’s what ChatGPT pulled:
Funding ReceivedNudify (AI “undress”/nudify apps)
There’s no specific data on individual platform funding (e.g., seed/VC rounds).
However, an Indicator investigation (via Wired) estimated these platforms collectively earn up to $36 million annually, with 18 of them generating between $2.6 – $18.4 million in a recent six-month period.
The scale suggests significant revenue, but no disclosed venture capital or formal fundraising is reported.
MakeLoveNotPorn
Privately held; founded in 2009 by Cindy Gallop.
Public filings show first-time annual revenue passing $500,000 in 2019 (The Noodler).
As of April 2025, the platform has raised $605,410 via Wefunder, with over $1 million in revenue (Wefunder).
Cindy Gallop stated she has had only one seed investor (~$3 million total) across ten years (Newsweek, LinkedIn).
She is currently raising $17 million to scale the business.
Annual Revenue & User Numbers (Head-to-Head)Nudify
No site-specific revenue or user data.
Aggregate platform data shows 18.5 million monthly visitors across ~85 sites, with combined annual revenue approx. $36 million.
MakeLoveNotPorn
Revenue milestones: ~$500K/year (2019), surpassed $1 million in 2025.
No publicly released user counts, but VentureRadar reports notable traffic rises (e.g., trending from Alexa rank ~900k to ~120k in 2019).
Cindy Gallop has mentioned that “over a million people globally have signed up” over the past 10 years.
I could've completed more in-depth research to ensure the numbers were 100% accurate, dug deeper into funding details, and done additional due diligence on the revenue and business models — but candidly, I had enough to know that my utter disappointment in society as a whole was warranted.
What kind of morally, ethically, and spiritually bankrupt society are we living in, where consensual, community-driven platforms like MakeLoveNotPorn receive less consumer and investor dollars — while exploitative, often non-consensual platforms like nudify tools are being amplified?
What does that say about us — as a society? As human beings?
As we were conducting the research, ChatGPT offered up another custom quote — unsolicited — that completely captured my sentiment:
“We have to ask ourselves: what kind of sickness runs through a culture where people throw money at digital tools to strip someone naked without consent — but ignore platforms built on respect, agency, and truth?”
And from a spiritual perspective, what does it say about our society when the money is flowing toward sites that — again from my perspective — infer reducing sex to voyeurism and shame, instead of flowing toward a company like Cindy’s that seems to celebrate sexual expression as something natural, beautiful, and empowering?
I don’t care if you are a user or not — where is our moral compass in the face of complicity? We are all connected in our humanity. I am you, and you are me. And in what world should it ever be acceptable for anyone’s human rights to be potentially violated — let alone celebrated (and bought)?
I have not asked Cindy for permission to include her in this article, but I will ensure she is tagged — and should she request that I take it down, I will respect and honor that. If I were her, I wouldn't want to be associated with this comparison either. But the complete dichotomy of what she publicly vocalizes and advocates for versus what these nudify sites represent was so glaring that she immediately and intuitively came to mind — and I always follow that.
For those of you still with me, I leave you with this thought:
What do you want your world to look like today? Humanity — and your role within it — matters.
From my perspective, and through the spiritual lens, I believe the universe balances itself out in co-creation with humanity. I believe in the laws of karma and integrity.
Where we choose to spend our money, voice, and energy isn’t just economic — it’s spiritual.
Supporting or investing in exploitative tools that ignore or violate the sacredness of free will and sacred sexuality doesn't just warp human dignity — it messes with life force energy. And in doing so, it builds karmic debt.
Why not instead channel your energetic support, light, and resources — in whatever way resonates with you — into respectful, consent-based platforms that create positive returns for individuals, for culture, and for the collective?
And to be super clear: I am neither a user nor a funder of any of these platforms. So this is not intended to be an in-depth spiritual assessment or endorsement of either. This is based on the conceptual foundational principles, ethics, morals, and intentions they showcase.
I'm just asking you to take a moment. Make your own assessment. And act — in whatever way resonates for you.
Extra special shoutout to ChatGPT for the creative brainstorming that helped this message take shape. The research capabilities really make my world more magical.
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