Los Angeles, CA — July 3, 2018— Aurora Snow, reporter of The Daily Beast recently spoke with adult performers Alana Luv, Raven Hart and Ginger Banks on the perils of Instagram hackers in the article, Porn Stars’ Instagram Accounts Targeted By Hackers: ‘I Was Locked Out.’
For many sex workers, Instagram has become a crucial component to generating income, writes Snow. When an account is deleted or locked it’s not just an inconvenience, it’s financially impactful. Alana Luv, the AVN 2017 Nominee for Hottest MILF, had been hacked and lost access to her Instagram account not once, but twice. Luv says the person who snatched her account made changes to her name and settings, among other things. The second time was worse.
“I couldn’t get into my account for a month. I was locked out and this is my business. This is how I interact with my fans, share what’s happening, and post pictures. Social media is everything right now,” says Luv. “I tried contacting Instagram and they were not responsive at all.” Luv says she asked a friend of hers, who is also a lawyer, to assist in the correspondence and it was only after that Instagram responded. “Thankfully my friend got involved, if I didn’t get my friend involved, how much longer would I have had to wait for them?” asks Luv.
Adult actress Raven Hart faced similar issues when a hacker took control of her Instagram account. Hart says after multiple attempts to contact Instagram with no response or support from the social media giant she gave up and started a new account, building up her followers all over again. Since her faith in the platform has been shaken, Hart now takes additional precautions in how she accesses and posts on the account. “I really cannot trust their site anymore. I’d heard things about them and now I’ve seen it,” says Hart. “I’m so careful too. I make sure everything I post is safe for Instagram. I don’t even place stickers over my pussy or things like that the way other girls do.”
Though she hasn’t been hacked, adult performer Ginger Banks has also had her social media accounts deleted and/or deactivated due to alleged content violations. As a successful web cam model, Banks has spent years learning how to best market herself online to fans, yet each time she’s forced to rebuild her account the task becomes more laborious. “I’m on my fifth Instagram account right now,” says Banks. “It kind of sucks because I feel like as sex workers we have to follow a different set of rules on social media. If you’re Kim Kardashian, or a regular mainstream model, you can show your bare ass on Instagram but if you’re a sex worker you can’t get away with that.”
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About Alana Luv
Exotic Russian blonde Alana Luv is melting fans hearts across the world. The native New Yorker got her start at working as a Bunny Babe at Dennis Hof’s Bunny Ranch, and then moved on to the adult industry.
In less than five years, she’s become one to watch, and known for her on-screen passion and stellar oral skills in her scenes for Reality Kings, Porn Pros, Fantasy Massage, Lethal Hardcore, Black on Blondes, Buzz Aziani, and many more. Alana’s also a favorite of Airerose Entertainment and scored two solo covers for blockbusters “MILF Passion” and “Gym Cuties”. In 2016, Alana received her first AVN Awards nomination for Hottest MILF. She has also graced the pages of Hustler’s Beaver Hunt magazine. In 2017, she was nominated for another AVN Award for Hottest MILF.
Alana has always been involved in NYC nightlife. She’s also done marketing and accounting for restaurants in the city and has a Bachelor’s in accounting and marketing. You may keep up with all her adventures on https://onlyfans.com/alanaluvxxx and www.fancentro.com/alanaluv .
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About Raven Hart:
Raven Hart is an exotic, curvaceous and fit MILF adult entertainer originally from the east coast who captured the hearts and imaginations of the industry and porn viewers with her piecing grey eyes and her smoldering ethnic mix of Eastern European, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and Greek.
Before entering the adult industry, Raven worked as a makeup artist, dominatrix, exotic dancer, and webcam model. Since entering the adult industry a little over a year ago Raven has worked for notable companies such as Brazzers, Jules Jordan, Evil Angel, Elegant Angel, Mile High
Media, Reality Kings, Devil’s Film, and Cherry Pimps. In 2017, she scored the cover of May/June issue of Kink~E Magazine.
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About Ginger Banks:
Ginger Banks, a beautiful, willowy blonde from Cottonwood, AZ began her camming career in May of 2009 for My Free Cams, and with her naughty but nice persona became an instant favorite across the country. Her goal is to create content that her fans will enjoy, and her pet project is #WeAreMany, an organization to dissipate the stigma of sex workers and adult industry performers all over the world. When she’s not modeling and camming, Ginger enjoys playing League of Legends, reading and chatting with her fans online. A proud supporter of the legalization of marijuana, Ginger is not only a smoker but an advocate. She also enjoys camming with her sister Emma Banks. Ginger has been nominated for webcam awards including Best Female Webcam Model for AVN in 2017 and 2018.
