Visa and Mastercard end ties with the ad arm of Pornhub owner MindGeek, after a court ruled Visa must face a lawsuit alleging it is liable for CSAM distribution
Visa (V.N) and Mastercard (MA.N) on Thursday said they had suspended ties with the advertisement arm of MindGeek …
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Discussion
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@anopensecret
@anopensecret
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BREAKING: Visa finally drops TraffickJunky, the advertising arm for PornHub / MindGeek PornHub knowingly and willingly hosted child rape videos for years https://usa.visa.com/...
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@laurenshirsch
Lauren Hirsch
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Visa says today it will suspend the use of Visa on TrafficJunky, MindGeek's advertising arm. “During this suspension, Visa cards will not be able to be used to purchase advertising on any sites including Pornhub or other MindGeek affiliated sites.” https://usa.visa.com/... https:…
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@fabiansociety
@fabiansociety
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the deep irony here is that online credit card processing is even a thing *because* of porn https://twitter.com/...
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@axelroark
@axelroark
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Whelp. There goes my side hustle https://www.cnbc.com/...
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@uppittynegress
@uppittynegress
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This was always the goal in the war to ban porn. https://twitter.com/...
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@billackman
Bill Ackman
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@Visa's statement on terminating TrafficJunky, MindGeek's advertising arms that generates more than 50% of its revenues. https://usa.visa.com/...
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@brianroemmele
Brian Roemmele
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Working in the merchant processing business since 1986, I can say with certainty some of the most famous payment companies flocked to MindGeek even when directly confronted with the liabilities and ethics of the business they are processing. Some folks will have explaining to do …
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@sydney_screams
@sydney_screams
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This is really, really bad news, ya'll. 😭 https://twitter.com/...
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@wifexofxagony
Jade
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This is setting a scary precedent. At any point, credit cards could stop allowing payments for OF. There's already very few safe avenues for SWers to sell content. Payment processors like Venmo and PP can freeze money if they suspect activity outside of their guidelines. https://…