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Mastercard Cutting Ties With Pornhub Isn’t The Victory We Think It Is

In early December, credit card giant MasterCard announced it would no longer process payments made by its customers on Pornhub.

By Gwen Farrell3 min read
Mastercard Cutting Ties With Pornhub Isn’t The Victory We Think It Is

The announcement followed a shocking investigation released by The New York Times’s Nicolas Kristof, which found that the porn site — which garners billions in ad revenue with an equal number of visits each month — regularly peddles illegal content of underage minors, including sexual abuse and trafficking.