According to Quartz, Playboy isn’t ditching nudes because of online porn. Online porn has been around for decades. Instead, “Dumping the brand’s association with nudity, however mild compared to online porn standards, gives it a better image in countries where government policies towards pornographers can be highly critical—which just happen to be the two most populous countries in the world. Attempts to open Playboy-branded clubs in India were swatted by authorities twice. China, meanwhile, has repeatedly announced anti-porn campaigns in recent years.”
China—not online porn—is why Playboy is dumping nude photographs.
