The 2023 study, published in Deviant Behavior, found the Reddit channel for the group NoFap had a higher rate of posts containing violent language compared with two similar subreddits. An online peer support group for people overcoming addiction to pornography has filed a lawsuit against the authors of a paper critical of the group, as well as the publisher Taylor & Francis, in an attempt to get the article retracted.

The suit says Taylor & Francis, which publishes Deviant Behavior, “aided and abetted” the authors in a “disinformation campaign” by publishing the paper. It also accuses the publisher of intentional infliction of emotional distress and civil conspiracy and racketeering, along with eight other claims. Over a year before filing its lawsuit, NoFap asked Taylor & Francis to pay $20 million to avoid being named as codefendant.

At the end of January, 2026 the two authors, along with Taylor & Francis and the other defendants – which include UCLA and the pornography website Pornhub – filed motions to dismiss the suit. The judge for the case had not yet ruled on the motions. 

Source https://retractionwatch.com/2026/02/19/porn-addiction-recovery-group-nofap-lawsuit-taylor-francis-ucla/

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