I’m Maggie, a pornography platform researcher and PhD candidate at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Information. Drawing from pornography and platform studies, political economy, policy analysis and digital methods I explore how technology, commerce and culture converge to shape the adult industry today. Following a thesis on the platformization of pornography, my forthcoming dissertation examines the impact of moral panic on platform governance through the case of Pornhub.

You can find my latest work in Porn Studies, The Globe and Mail, AoIR’s Selected Papers of Internet Research, The Canadian Journal of Communication, New Media & Society, First Monday and The Walrus. From 2023-2026 I have been a member of the independent Advisory Board to ECP Canada, who own Aylo (the parent company of Pornhub and many other leading adult platforms).

During my doctoral studies I have been named a fellow with UCLA’s Centre for Critical Internet Inquiry, a Massey Junior Fellow and a UofT Connaught PhD for Public Impact. My dissertation research is supported by the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)

Finally, I’m a proud member of the CUPE 3902 local union and of the Free Speech Coalition, defending sex worker rights and freedom of expression. Workers of the world, unite!