Visa, Mastercard suspend payments for ad purchases on PornHub, MindGeek
If you want to understand why this happened, read this recent court decision: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;storage.courtlistener.com&#x2F;recap&#x2F;gov.uscourts.cacd.823614&#x2F;gov.uscourts.cacd.823614.166.0.pdf" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;storage.courtlistener.com&#x2F;recap&#x2F;gov.uscourts.cacd.82...</a><p>Basically, a court recently ruled that, since Visa is processing payments for ad purchases on Pornhub, Visa is a co-conspirator on all sex trafficking and child porn that Pornhub is involved with. Apparently Pornhub merely being alleged to have engaged in those activities is sufficient knowledge to constitute a &quot;meeting of the minds&quot; for Visa to become a participant in those activities.<p>(As you might imagine, I vehemently disagree with that ruling. But as it&#x27;s the ruling that stands, it&#x27;s the situation that Visa finds itself in, and were I in Visa&#x27;s shoes, I&#x27;d do exactly the same thing they&#x27;re doing now. They <i>really</i> don&#x27;t want to be a part of this--and they really <i>shouldn&#x27;t</i> be a part of this, and dumping Pornhub&#x27;s ad purchases is the fastest route they can take to not be a part of this, as problematic as it is.)