Deaf man sues Pornhub over lack of closed captioning

Published January 17, 2020 2:36pm ET



A deaf man in New York is suing several pornography websites, alleging they are in violation of federal law for their lack of closed captioning.

Yaroslav Suris argued in a lawsuit filed this week that Pornhub, YouPorn, and RedTube violated the Americans with Disabilities Act because deaf and hard-of-hearing people don’t have the same access to the pornography websites as those who aren’t impaired.

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