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The plaintiff in the case against MindGeek and Visa is Serena Fleites, who, when she was 13, was pressured by her then-boyfriend into making a sexually explicit video - which he allegedly uploaded to Pornhub (with the title “13-Year Old Brunette Shows Off For the Camera”) without her knowledge or consent. That came in the wake of a June 20 New Yorker exposé that found Pornhub hosted sexually explicit nonconsensual videos including those with children. The Montreal, Quebec-based company also laid off an unknown number of employees. In June, MindGeek CEO Feras Antoon and COO David Tassillo resigned.

Any insinuation that MindGeek does not take the elimination of illegal material seriously is categorically false.”

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The company’s statement continued, “We have banned uploads from anyone who has not submitted government-issued ID that passes third-party verification, eliminated the ability to download free content, integrated several leading technological platform and content moderation tools, instituted digital fingerprinting of all videos found to be in violation of our Non-Consensual Content and CSAM Policies to help protect against removed videos being reposted, expanded our moderation workforce and processes, and partnered with dozens of non-profit organizations around the world. MindGeek has zero tolerance for the posting of illegal content on its platforms, and has instituted the most comprehensive safeguards in user-generated platform history.” When the court can actually consider the facts, we are confident the plaintiff’s claims will be dismissed for lack of merit. We continue to believe that Visa is an improper defendant in this case.”Ī rep for MindGeek provided this statement: “At this point in the case, the court has not yet ruled on the veracity of the allegations, and is required to assume all of the plaintiff’s allegations are true and accurate. Visa will not tolerate the use of our network for illegal activity.

This pre-trial ruling is disappointing and mischaracterizes Visa’s role and its policies and practices. In a statement, a Visa spokesperson said: “Visa condemns sex trafficking, sexual exploitation and child sexual abuse materials as repugnant to our values and purpose as a company. UPDATE: Visa, Mastercard Cut Off Ability to Buy Pornhub Ads After Court Ruling in Child Porn Case “When MindGeek decides to monetize child porn, and Visa decides to continue to allow its payment network to be used for that goal despite knowledge of MindGeek’s monetization of child porn, it is entirely foreseeable that victims of child porn like plaintiff will suffer the harms that plaintiff alleges,” Carney wrote.