Ten leading bodies say porn sites stream content featuring child sexual abuse and sex trafficking.
Major credit card companies should block payments to pornographic sites, according to a group of international campaigners and campaign groups who say they work to tackle sexual exploitation.
The letter was sent to 10 major credit card companies, including the"Big Three", Visa, MasterCard and American Express. The signatories from countries including the UK, US, India, Uganda and Australia have called for the immediate suspension of payments to pornographic sites. "We in the international child advocacy and anti-sexual exploitation community are demanding financial institutions to critically analyse their supportive role in the pornography industry, and to cut ties with them," she told the BBC.
Commenting to the BBC in February regarding this case, Pornhub said its policy was to"remove unauthorised content as soon as we are made aware of it, which is exactly what we did in this case". In a statement to the BBC, a spokesperson for Pornhub said they had"a steadfast commitment to eradicating and fighting any and all illegal content, including non-consensual and under-age material. Any suggestion otherwise is categorically and factually inaccurate."
Yet, the organisations also sent the letters to American Express, because they say American Express payment options have been offered on pornography sites - including one that specialises in teenage themed content. "The way our network works is that a bank connects a merchant to our network to accept card payments.
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