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title: ""Mastercard Inc said on Sunday it was investigating allegations…"
date: 2020-12-07
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# "Mastercard Inc said on Sunday it was investigating allegations…

*December 7, 2020 · Facebook*

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[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pornhub-payments/mastercard-to-investigate-allegations-against-pornhub-idUSKBN28G0KH](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pornhub-payments/mastercard-to-investigate-allegations-against-pornhub-idUSKBN28G0KH){target="_blank"}
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\"Mastercard Inc said on Sunday it was investigating allegations against [Pornhub.com](http://Pornhub.com){target="_blank"} following a newspaper column which said many videos posted on the adult website depicted child abuse.\
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The New York Times column, written by Nicholas Kristof, described videos on Pornhub that the author said were recordings of assaults on unconscious women and girls.\
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\"The issue is not pornography but rape. Let\'s agree that promoting assaults on children or on anyone without consent is unconscionable,\" Kristof wrote in the column published on Friday.\
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Pornhub denied the allegations.\
"Any assertion that we allow CSAM (child sexual abuse material) is irresponsible and flagrantly untrue," it said in a statement emailed to Reuters.\
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Mastercard told Reuters in a statement that it was investigating the allegations with Pornhub's parent MindGeek's bank. "If the claims are substantiated, we will take immediate action," Mastercard said.\"\
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[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pornhub-payments/mastercard-to-investigate-allegations-against-pornhub-idUSKBN28G0KH](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pornhub-payments/mastercard-to-investigate-allegations-against-pornhub-idUSKBN28G0KH){target="_blank"}
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