Visa and Mastercard cut off Pornhub after report of unlawful videos
Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images Visa and Mastercard will stop processing payments on Pornhub following a report that found unlawful content on the site. Reuters reported that Mastercard will end support for Pornhub after confirming the presence of unlawful content." Visa said its own investigation is ongoing, but that it will suspend payment processing for the time being. The decisions come as Pornhub is making substantial changes to how it moderates content.
Today, the use of our cards at Pornhub is being terminated. Our investigation over the past several days has confirmed violations of our standards prohibiting unlawful content on their site," Mastercard spokesperson Seth Eisen tells The Verge. As a result, and in accordance with our policies, we instructed the...