Visa and Child Porn Lawsuit

Attorney Michael Bowe alleges that Visa’s CEO knowingly funded child porn and child trafficking through MindGeek.

“Visa knew that MindGeek sites were rife with monetized child porn, yet still intended to help them monetize that child porn and knowingly provided the tools to commit the crime.”

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Visa on Thursday announced that it will be suspending Visa services for TrafficJunky, the advertising arm of Pornhub parent company MindGeek amid allegations that the financial services company monetized illegal content on the platform.

The announcement came after a California district judge recently decided to allow a lawsuit against Visa and MindGeek alleging that the companies monetized child pornography and violated trafficking laws to proceed after Visa filed a motion to dismiss.

“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. Despite what you may have read in recent days, you cannot use your Visa card on Pornhub,” Visa Chairman and CEO Alfred Kelly Jr. said in a Thursday statement. “The legal decision, with which we disagree, has also created new uncertainty about the role of TrafficJunky, MindGeek’s advertising arm. Accordingly, we will suspend TrafficJunky’s Visa acceptance privileges based on the court’s decision until further notice.”