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(LifeSiteNews) — Visa and Mastercard banned use of their credit cards on advertising overseen by MindGeek, the parent company of the pornography website Pornhub.
On August 4, Visa announced the decision to suspend ad purchases on the porn site amid an ongoing lawsuit against Visa for allegedly assisting in the distribution of child pornography.
“Let me be clear: Visa condemns sex trafficking, sexual exploitation, and child sexual abuse,” Visa chairman and CEO Alfred F. Kelly Jr. said in an August 4 statement. “It is illegal, and Visa does not permit the use of our network for illegal activity.”
“With respect to MindGeek specifically, we suspended sites that contained user-generated content in December 2020 and acceptance on those sites has not been reinstated,” he added. “Despite what you may have read in recent days, you cannot use your Visa card on Pornhub.
The statement further banned Visa card holders from purchasing from ads featuring TrafficJunky, MindGeek’s advertising
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