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Two thinks: 1. Yes, pornhub has frequently unlaful content. Under german law it literally contains child pornography (hentai containing children) to just name

Two thinks: 1. Yes, pornhub has frequently unlaful content. Under german law it literally contains child pornography (hentai containing children) to just name one example. 2. I'm supper annoyed how payment providers discriminate (and by law often have to discriminate) against pornographic content platforms. IMHO this will just push/benefit platforms which operate on a less legal basis and in turn have much less motivation to hinder problematic content (like child pornography, revenge porn uploads, etc.)

mafuy 6y ago
To clarify: According to German law, any sexualized content in any media (including text) containing persons who can reasonably be thought of as below the age of 18 are illegal. Here, 'thought of' is quite literal and is allowed to contradict facts. There is no need for real or even just virtual children to be involved. So if you draw a hentai image of someone who is 18, or 20, or 25, but could also be seen as younger, that's illegal. If you've seen hentai, you'll know that virtually all of it belongs in this category. Two 17yo vampires having consensual sex would be legal in Germany, but writing a fanfiction about them would be child porn. If you think that's batshit crazy, you are right.
kevincox 6y ago
> 2. I'm supper annoyed how payment providers discriminate (and by law often have to discriminate) against pornographic content platforms. IIUC there is a fraud component to this as well. As a generalization these businesses have an above average fraud rate. This does make it more expensive to support these and it is within they payment processor's rights to avoid doing business for that reason alone. I think the bigger issue is that these payment processors have a sort of monopoly. Most businesses can't afford to not accept MasterCard or Visa since many North American customers (IDK about globally) will only have these cards, and possibly only one of them.

mafuy 6y ago

To clarify: According to German law, any sexualized content in any media (including text) containing persons who can reasonably be thought of as below the age of 18 are illegal. Here, 'thought of' is quite literal and is allowed to contradict facts. There is no need for real or even just virtual children to be involved. So if you draw a hentai image of someone who is 18, or 20, or 25, but could also be seen as younger, that's illegal. If you've seen hentai, you'll know that virtually all of it belongs in this category. Two 17yo vampires having consensual sex would be legal in Germany, but writing a fanfiction about them would be child porn. If you think that's batshit crazy, you are right.

kevincox 6y ago

> 2. I'm supper annoyed how payment providers discriminate (and by law often have to discriminate) against pornographic content platforms. IIUC there is a fraud component to this as well. As a generalization these businesses have an above average fraud rate. This does make it more expensive to support these and it is within they payment processor's rights to avoid doing business for that reason alone. I think the bigger issue is that these payment processors have a sort of monopoly. Most businesses can't afford to not accept MasterCard or Visa since many North American customers (IDK about globally) will only have these cards, and possibly only one of them.