Chicago – Cherie DeVille is tipping folks to social media scammers’ ongoing victimization of adult performers with a new Rolling Stone first-person piece, “Sex Workers Are Getting Scammed on Instagram. Meta Needs to Step In”.
In the article, the veteran performer of 13 years states that “I have witnessed over and over again my friends and I losing our social media accounts, only for some scam artist to direct message us, offering our accounts back in exchange for a bounty. Worst of all, these scams often work, and once they work, adult performers get targeted again and again.”
DeVille also admits, “Many in the adult industry have refrained from discussing this problem in public but with so little information available about who these scammers are and how they operate, we need to raise the alarm so Meta and other tech behemoths can investigate… these scams are popping up more and more with the rise of artificial intelligence. They raise several important questions both about sex work and the state of the major tech platforms.”
While she further explains that many performers have paid thousands of dollars and still not gotten their accounts back, the problem shows no signs of going away as long as tech companies continue to ignore it. DeVille notes that Meta has been made aware of the issue, but declined to comment for the article.
“For all the talk about the dangers of social media, from teenage anorexia rates to smartphone addiction, the public pays little attention to the harms sex workers face on these sites,” writes DeVille. “We need Meta to investigate the problem and identify what has gone wrong before more people get scammed.”
To read the Cherie DeVille’s Rolling Stone article in full, visit RollingStone.com.
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ABOUT CHERIE DEVILLE:
Cherie DeVille is one of the adult industry’s most accomplished and respected models, film stars and content creators currently in the business, with more than 12 years and 1500+ sizzling onscreen credits for top studios such as Evil Angel, Girlfriends Films, Penthouse, Jules Jordan Video, MissaX, Mile High and Brazzers, where she is currently an exclusive contract star – to her name.
Born in Durham, NC and raised in Washington DC and Cape Cod, Massachusetts of French-Canadian descent, DeVille’s journey to success has been marked by her incredibly diverse skill set and achievements. Growing up, she was actively involved in horseback riding, ballet, band, cheerleading and swimming – DeVille even worked as a lifeguard on the Cape and a children’s day camp counselor – before earning degrees from the University of Hartford & University of Saint Augustine in Physical Therapy and embarking on a career as a traveling physical therapist and clinical instructor, which took her on assignments in locales such as St. Croix, US Virgin Islands, Florida, Virginia Beach, Nashville and the New Jersey shore.
DeVille is also recognized as a thought leader in the adult creator space, contributing political columns and candid interviews to media outlets such as The Daily Beast, The Hill, Yahoo, Rolling Stone, New York Post, Associated Press, Barstool Sports and controversial Netflix documentary Money Shot: The Pornhub Story, as well as an Adult Performer Advocacy Committee board member and Cam Model Protection ambassador, with the goal of elevating her industry’s practices and community. She has also won several prestigious awards, including 2023’s AVN MILF Performer of the Year and XBIZ Performer of the Year.
The 5’4 leading lady, who currently lives in Los Angeles with her partner and dogs and plays Dungeons & Dragons and swing dances in her spare time, continues to fuel her success and inspire those around her through an unwavering dedication to her craft, colleagues and many legions of fans who have supported her passions and extraordinary body of work over the years. To learn more about Cherie DeVille, visit CherieDeVille.com.