Mastercard won't allow its cards to be used on Pornhub after its review of the site uncovered unlawful content; Visa suspends its card usage pending a probe
Mastercard Inc. said it won't allow its cards to be used on Pornhub.com after the network's review of the website uncovered unlawful content.
Bloomberg Jennifer Surane
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Discussion
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@cagoldberglaw
Carrie A. Goldberg
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I'm a victims rights lawyer. For every 1 case involving a rape tape on Pornhub, I have 50 involving rape and CSAM being disseminated on Insta and FB. Pornhub is far from perfect. But mainstream big tech is far worse and have a built-in mechanism for harassing victims directly.
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@nickkristof
Nicholas Kristof
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.@Mastercard has just advised me that it has confirmed the presence of illegal material on Pornhub, so it is immediately ending Mastercard use on Pornhub. It will also address the issue on other websites. This wouldn't have happened without survivors bravely speaking up.
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@allieawesome415
Allie Awesome
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This all could have been avoided if PornHub listened to performers when we told them to only allow verified models. MasterCard to Cut Pornhub Ties; Visa Suspends Use Pending Probe https://www.bloomberg.com/...
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@ldrogen
Leigh Drogen
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This is gonna send crypto to the moon https://twitter.com/...
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@chrismessina
@chrismessina
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Does §230 apply to credit card networks? If @mastercard can shut off payments to @pornhub, does that mean credit card companies writ large could decide which paywalled sites live or die? That's a kind of speech regulation I never considered...! https://www.bloomberg.com/...
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@iriskeenkade
@iriskeenkade
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@SenatorHassan @SenHawleyPress No one wants abuse on their platforms, least of all people like me who use it to earn a living. However, if this is about abuse, why is no one going after Facebook where a large majority of it takes place? https://twitter.com/...
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@jilliancyork
Jillian C. York
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It was only 10 years ago that Visa and MasterCard cut off WikiLeaks. How soon we forget! https://twitter.com/...
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@jackposobiec
@jackposobiec
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You know they are going to look at onlyfans next https://twitter.com/...
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@pupamp
Amp
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It would be one thing if PORNHUB wasn't doing anything. They literally just started a verification program to ensure illegal content would be handled more aggressively. Rather than go after big tech that has 50 times the cases and harms actual kids daily. Attack porn cuz sex! 🤪 h…
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@slpng_giants
@slpng_giants
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.@Mastercard, in light of your decision today to no longer do business with Pornhub because of illegal content, will you be making a similar decision about Facebook and Instagram, knowing there's *significantly* more illegal content on those platforms? https://twitter.com/...
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@dhh
@dhh
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Visa's suspension of Facebook coming in 3, 2, 1... NEVER EVER IN A MILLION YEARS EVEN IF IT WAS 5,000:1 NOT JUST 50:1. https://twitter.com/...
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@oliviasolon
Olivia Solon
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Is the threshold for Mastercard and Visa withdrawing their services is finding illegal content on a site, surely they have to stop working with almost every other platform? https://www.bloomberg.com/...
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@matthewstoller
Matt Stoller
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Yup. https://twitter.com/...