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Re:MasterCard to stop processing payments on Pornhub, cites ... by reaperducer on Thursday December 10, 2020 @04:04PM (#25378649)
So because there are illegal videos on other platforms, they should be allowed on PH, and the credit card companies should process those charges.

That's called deflection. Or in HN-speak: "Whataboutism."

Re:MasterCard to stop processing payments on Pornhub, cites ... by tomwill656 on Thursday December 10, 2020 @04:08PM (#25378698)
No, I wonder why Mastercard does process charges on those platforms and what it means especially for Twitter and Reddit that allow UGC adult content.

Here's an anecdote from Carrie Goldberg about how Pornhub compares to FB and Instagram:

I'm a victims rights lawyer. For every 1 case involving a rape tape on Pornhub, I have 50 involving rape and CSAM being disseminated on Insta and FB. Pornhub is far from perfect. But mainstream big tech is far worse and have a built-in mechanism for harassing victims directly. https://twitter.com/cagoldberglaw/status/1337026875441491973...

Re:MasterCard to stop processing payments on Pornhub, cites ... by hated on Thursday December 10, 2020 @04:09PM (#25378710)
It's called targeted enforcement where your friends don't get in trouble. Facebook has so much more clout than PH they can never get cut off from payment processors.
Re:MasterCard to stop processing payments on Pornhub, cites ... by minitech on Thursday December 10, 2020 @04:28PM (#25378966)
> So because there are illegal videos on other platforms, they should be allowed on PH

And this is called a “straw man”!

Re:MasterCard to stop processing payments on Pornhub, cites ... by spoopyskelly on Thursday December 10, 2020 @05:20PM (#25379568)
No, this is why they should stop processing payments for those other platforms too.
Re:MasterCard to stop processing payments on Pornhub, cites ... by ric2b on Friday December 11, 2020 @04:38AM (#25383919)
But why don't they? That's the point, it seems aimed at sex work in general, with illegal content as an excuse.
Re:MasterCard to stop processing payments on Pornhub, cites ... by monocasa on Thursday December 10, 2020 @04:08PM (#25378707)
If someone was pointing to behavior of another payment processor it'd maybe be deflection or whataboutism.

Pointing out that the actor listed is applying their standards here unequally and therefore the standard might not be what's publicly said isn't deflection or whataboutism.

The amount the term "whataboutism" is used in an attempt to not have to address an empirical counterargument is getting old.