MasterCard to stop processing payments on Pornhub, cites unlawful content

Re:MasterCard to stop processing payments on Pornhub, cites ... by irishloop on Thursday December 10, 2020 @04:07PM (#25378687)

Since users are essentially allowed to upload their own videos, and Section 230 prevents online distributors from being held liable for the content produced on their site, they aren't doing anything illegal by hosting these videos depicting underage women or sexual assault.

Sometimes the only way to force a company to change is to use the market to force them to change. Attack their advertisers or payment processors and force them to do something.

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Re:MasterCard to stop processing payments on Pornhub, cites ... by csnover on Thursday December 10, 2020 @04:24PM (#25378918)

This is just plain wrong. Section 230(e)(1) [0]:

> Nothing in this section shall be construed to impair the enforcement of section 223 or 231 of this title, chapter 71 (relating to obscenity) or 110 (relating to sexual exploitation of children) of title 18, or any other Federal criminal statute.

[0] https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/47/230

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Re:MasterCard to stop processing payments on Pornhub, cites ... by elric on Thursday December 10, 2020 @04:14PM (#25378796)

Websites have been shut down for users uploading copyrighted materials. People have been hunted to the end of the earth (well, New Zealand) for it. And you're saying that law enforcement can't take legal action against child pornography or rape? That's ... bleak, troubling, and hopefully wrong.

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