Visa, Mastercard Suspend Payments for Pornhub’s Ad Arm (1)

Visa Inc. and Mastercard Inc. suspended card payments for the firm that handles ad purchases on Pornhub and parent company MindGeek after a court ruled last week that Visa must face claims it profited from child pornography.

Acceptance privileges for TrafficJunky, MindGeek’s advertising arm, were pulled “until further notice,” Visa said in a statement Thursday. Mastercard said in a separate statement that it was taking similar action, based on “new facts” brought to light by the court ruling.

“Visa condemns sex trafficking, sexual exploitation, and child sexual abuse. It is illegal, and Visa does not permit the use of our ...