https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/12/visa-and-mastercard-ban-pornhub-over-abusive-videos/ > Pornhub has been banned from accepting payments over the Visa and Mastercard networks—a serious blow for a site that has come under increasing fire for failing to effectively filter harmful content. > "The issue is not pornography but rape," wrote New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof in a column last week that inspired the credit card companies' moves. "Promoting assaults on children or on anyone without consent is unconscionable."