The credit-card companies could halt payments on the platform depending on what the investigations find. Visa, MasterCard investigate after NYT reportĪs reported earlier this week, Visa and MasterCard are investigating Pornhub over allegations that it allows and profits from content depicting rape and child sexual abuse.
In tandem with our fingerprinting technology, this will mitigate the ability for content already removed from the platform to be able to return." The Model Program that has existed for at least a few years requires verification by Pornhub staff to prove "that you are real and that you are the one uploading your own videos."īefore yesterday's update, the webpage said that Pornhub "encourage all user-generated content that adheres to our Terms of Service," which ban nonconsensual videos and videos of people under 18. Pornhub is owned by MindGeek, a Canadian company. Pornhub also said it is removing the ability to download content from the site "with the exception of paid downloads within the verified Model Program. Further Reading Pornhub under investigation by Visa, MasterCard amid abuse allegations