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Visa and Mastercard stop Pornhub payments citing ‘unlawful content’ amid allegations of child abuse and rape videos
Mastercard and Visa have said they will end the use of their cards on Pornhub — one of the world’s most-visited adult sites — after Mastercard said their investigation had confirmed the presence of “unlawful content”.
Key points:
- The Internet Watch Foundation found 118 cases of “child sexual abuse imagery” on Pornhub from 2017-2019
- Pornhub said it was expanding content moderation measures and would release a transparency report next year
- The site claimed to have had 42 billion visits in 2019 and almost 7 million video uploads
The credit card giants said on Sunday they were investigating their business relationship with Pornhub and parent company MindGeek after an online petition alleging it hosted videos of rape and child sexual abuse…
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