Days after receiving heavy backlash for a policy change banning sexually explicit content on its platform, OnlyFans has conceded, saying it will no longer go ahead with the October 1st mandate.

“Thank you to everyone for making your voices heard. We have secured assurances necessary to support our diverse creator community and have suspended the planned October 1 policy change. OnlyFans stands for inclusion and we will continue to provide a home for all creators,” the company said in a post to its Twitter on Wednesday.

“Dear Sex Workers, The OnlyFans community would not be what it is today without you,” the company added.

When it first announced the policy, OnlyFans, which has some 130 million users, stated the move to ban explicit content was due to a request from its banking partners.

The ban, if it had been followed through, would have affected anything that “shows, promotes, advertises, or refers to real or simulated sex, masturbation, and sex-related bodily fluids”.