New York, USA (CNN) – MasterCard, Visa and Discover have banned customers from using their companies’ credit cards to make purchases on the porn site, after allegations were made against the porn site in an article in the New York newspaper. The Times on December 4 accusing the site of showing videos of child abuse and non-consensual sexual behavior.
After the Times report, MasterCard launched an investigation into the allegations against Burnhub, which it said it found documented.
In a statement, Mastercard said, “The use of our cards on the Burnhub site has been terminated. Our investigation over the past several days has confirmed violations of our standards prohibiting illegal content on its site. As a result, and in accordance with our policies, we have directed financial institutions that link the site to our network to terminate acceptance. “.
Mastercard also said it is also investigating other websites for potentially illegal content.
Meanwhile, Visa suspended the use of its cards for purchases on the Burnhub website, although its own investigation is still ongoing.
“Due to allegations of illegal activity, Visa is suspending pornhub admission privileges pending the completion of our ongoing investigation. We direct financial institutions serving Mindgeek to suspend processing payments through the Visa network,” Visa told CNN in a statement. To Bourne Hub.
Discover also cut off payment services with Burnhub, saying in a statement: “We ask our financial institution partners to monitor and prevent the acceptance of cards at merchants that allow any illegal activities or any other prohibited activities that violate our operating standards. “Discover” that merchants offer prohibited activity, we immediately terminate the acceptance of the card through the financial institution of the violating merchant.
In response, Burnhub said the actions were “exceptionally disappointing”. The company noted that just days before the ban, it announced new measures to eliminate child abuse and non-consensual activity on its platform, including removing all unverified content and preventing unverified users from uploading content on its site.
“Burn Hub” said in its statement that this decision “crushes the hundreds of thousands of models and exhibitors who depend on our platform to make a living.”
American Express has banned acceptance of its cards on “Burnhub” as part of a longstanding policy regarding “adult digital content sites”. PayPal cut its payment services to the site in 2019.