Filipino OnlyFans 'chatters' struggle with mental health, job security

Unrelenting, desensitizing work, lack of protections among biggest complaints

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Tens of thousands of Filipinos work as "chatters" on OnlyFans, impersonating content creators in work they say is extremely stressful and desensitizing. (Nikkei montage/source photos by Getty and AP)

MICHAEL BELTRAN

MANILA -- When one of the almost 400 million OnlyFans subscribers logs on to chat with their favorite content creators, they're more likely to engage with a single parent in Metro Manila, a working student in the Visayas region, or one of the other "chatters" working across the Philippines rather than the pinups of their imaginations.

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