Visa and Mastercard will both block advertising payments to Pornhub and all other MindGeek-owned websites. The move comes after a federal judge refused Visa’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit alleging the company of helping spread child pornography.
Visa CEO Alfred F. Kelly, Jr. released a statement saying the company strongly disagrees with the judge’s dismissal. “Our rules explicitly and unequivocally prohibit the use of our products to pay for content that depicts nonconsensual sexual behavior or child sexual abuse,” Kelly writes. “We are vigilant in our efforts to deter this and other illegal activity on our network.”
