Visa Must Face Claim It Profited From Pornhub Video of Child (1)

Visa Inc. must face claims that it profited from child pornography by processing payments for the parent company of Pornhub, a decision that Visa says raises questions about the liability payments firms could shoulder as they handle billions of transactions.

US District Judge Cormac Carney in California denied parts of Visa’s motion to be dismissed from claims brought by a woman who is suing both the payments giant and MindGeek -- the parent company of Pornhub -- over a sexually explicit video taken of her when she was 13.

“It is simple,” Carney said in his ruling late Friday. “Visa ...