YNOT – Manwin, one of the largest conglomerates in the adult internet space, has become the first Diamond Sponsor of child-abuse watchdog organization Association of Sites Advocating Child Protection. Diamond sponsorship requires an annual donation of $50,000.
The Luxembourg-based adult company, “an information technology firm that specializes in highly trafficked websites,” operates its own content and tube sites in addition to developing and managing online presences for other well-known adult brands including Brazzers, Twistys and Playboy. Manwin claims to receive more than 60 million daily visitors to its website network. The company employs nearly 700 people in its management offices located in Hamburg, London, Los Angeles, Nicosia (Cyprus) and Montreal.
“Manwin is proud to be the ASACP’s first and only Diamond Sponsor,” said Manwin spokeswoman Kate Miller. “We support the organization’s dedication to online child protection and are happy to lend our name to the cause it supports.”
ASACP Executive Director Tim Henning said Manwin’s sizable donation could not have come at a better time.
“In these trying economic times, it’s even more important for the industry’s major players to support ASACP, as our budget is entirely derived from sponsorship and membership fees, as well as from individual contributions,” Henning said. “Having a company of Manwin’s prestige step up to the plate in such an impressive manner not only makes a statement about its true commitment to child protection, but also allows the association to make a positive impact in the lives of at-risk youth.”
Doing business quietly since at least 2007, Manwin burst onto the mainstream media radar in November by filing an antitrust lawsuit against the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Number and dot-xxx registry ICM Registry. The company subsequently issued a blanket refusal to do business with any dot-xxx websites.
“For about the price of a single dot-xxx domain name, adult companies can support ASACP and its dual missions of keeping children out of and away from adult entertainment and of protecting the interests of legitimate online businesses,” Henning said. “As an added benefit, the association offers its free Restricted To Adults label as a child protection measure, providing multiple advantages for adult operators.”
