Credit card companies should stop partnering with porn websites

Published February 24, 2020 5:00am ET



How can mainstream credit card companies process payments for an industry that is virtually guaranteed to profit from rape and sex trafficking?

Visa, Mastercard, and Discover partner with the pornography industry. For years, these credit card companies have processed payments for massive pornography websites such as Pornhub, Club Seventeen, Kink, and more (with names too graphic to print). By doing so, they are normalizing and supporting the pornography industry despite its sexually exploitative nature, including harm to performers, sex-trafficking victims, and even large-scale public health.

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