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After major credit card companies suspended payment processing for Pornhub in 2023
The major card suspensions affecting Pornhub happened in December 2020, not 2023. Later actions in 2022 concerned Pornhub/MindGeek’s advertising arm, not the original cutoff of card payments on Pornhub itself.
Full reasoning
This date is off by several years.
Reliable sources show that the main Visa/Mastercard cutoff for Pornhub happened in December 2020:
- Forbes (December 10, 2020) reported that Mastercard "would no longer process payments for Pornhub" and that Visa was "freezing use of its cards on the website."
- Visa’s own corporate statement (August 4, 2022) says: "we suspended sites that contained user-generated content in December 2020 and acceptance on those sites has not been reinstated."
There was a later 2022 development involving TrafficJunky, MindGeek/Pornhub’s advertising arm. CNBC reported that Visa and Mastercard were suspending ad purchases in August 2022, and quoted Mastercard saying that move would "further enforce our December 2020 decision to terminate the use of our products on that site."
So the article’s wording incorrectly places the suspension in 2023. The underlying payment suspension for Pornhub itself began in 2020, with later follow-on action in 2022 related to advertising payments.
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- Mastercard, Visa Cut Off Pornhub Following Charges Of Illegal Content
Dec. 10, 2020: Mastercard said it would no longer process payments for Pornhub, while Visa said it was freezing use of its cards on the website while it investigated the allegations.
- We do not tolerate the use of our network for illegal activity | Visa
Visa wrote on Aug. 4, 2022: "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 and Mastercard suspend payments for ad purchases on Pornhub and MindGeek amid controversy
CNBC reported that the 2022 action concerned advertising purchases, and quoted Mastercard saying: "This step will further enforce our December 2020 decision to terminate the use of our products on that site."