We perform our own audits of all data and request a justification why it is academic data if it appears to be "Movie 2018".
We think the collections model is the best balance between a walled garden and zero censorship. You can be assured that no collections curated by me will have a bad torrent in it! Here are a few:
http://academictorrents.com/collection/medical
http://academictorrents.com/collection/video-lectures
http://academictorrents.com/collection/joes-recommended-mirr...
http://academictorrents.com/collection/computer-vision
http://academictorrents.com/collection/deep-learning