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Type of site | Webcam, live streaming |
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Available in | multilingual |
URL |
www |
Commercial | Yes |
Registration | Optional |
Launched | June 2007 |
Current status | active |
CAM4.com (commonly abbreviated CAM4), is a live streaming website featuring live performances by primarily amateur performers. Streams on CAM4 often feature nudity and sexual activity. In 2020, Wired reported [1] that CAM4's production server did not have a password set in their ElasticSearch instance, a common security mistake, which may have exposed user information.
CAM4 is used mostly by amateur performers who stream video and audio.[ citation needed] Customers can purchase virtual tokens, which can be used to tip performers or pay for private shows.[ citation needed] Customers can use live text chat in each performer's "room" or to communicate directly to each other.[ citation needed] CAM4 has paid out more than $100m in performer commissions since its inception in 2007. [2]
In May 2016, CAM4 partnered with VRtube.xxx to launch CAM4VR, a 360° 3D virtual reality live cam experience available on the CAM4 platform. [3] VRTube.xxx co-founder, Ela Darling spearheaded the initiative. [4] The site is working with Ela Darling to distribute virtual reality cameras to models. [5] [6] [7]
In February 2017, CAM4 announced a partnership with teledildonics manufacturer Kiiroo, launching a "live touch" feature that syncs the vibration of the Kiiroo sex toy to tokens tipped during a live webcam show. [8]
CAM4 is a diamond member of the Free Speech Coalition [9] and has been a title sponsor of the Association of Sites Advocating Child Protection (ASACP) since 2011. [10]
In September 2017, CAM4 teamed up with American model and activist Amber Rose in support of The Amber Rose SlutWalk, a nonprofit advocacy organization that works to end slut-shaming and to spark a conversation on women's empowerment and LGBTQ rights. [11] [12]
CAM4 is a principal sponsor of the New York AIDS Walk. [13] [14]
In September 2021, CAM4 announced its renewed sponsorship of Pineapple Support, a non-profit organization that offers low cost mental health services for adult industry professionals. [15]
In 2016, CAM4 commissioned a global research study from French Research firm iFop, designed to better understand female orgasm habits and the differences between nationalities. [16] [17] [18] [19] [20]
To mark New York Fashion week, CAM4 formed a collaboration with jewelry designer Chris Habana to open a pop-up store on the Lower East Side of New York City. At the night's opening, models and sex workers, including François Sagat and Amanda Lepore, modeled a new jewelry collection.[ citation needed]
The XBIZ Award for Live Cam Site of the Year was awarded to CAM4 in 2015. [21] In 2016, CAM4.com won an Adult Webcam Award for Best European Adult Webcam Website. [22] Additionally, a CAM4 co-founder was inducted into the Adult Webcam Awards Hall of Fame. [23]
Year | Result | Award |
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2015 | Won | Adult Site of the Year - Live Cam [21] |
2019 | Nominated | Cam Company of the Year [24] |
Nominated | Cam Site of the Year [24] | |
Nominated | Cam Site of the Year — Gay [24] |