Strong agree. I don't see Visa as culpable here. And yes, you're right—no more culpable than the ISP serving PornHub, or their analytics provider, data center,

Strong agree. I don't see Visa as culpable here. And yes, you're right—no more culpable than the ISP serving PornHub, or their analytics provider, data center, ad services, or anything else. The blame lies squarely on PornHub. And there are surely other institutions than Visa that should be obliged to take immediate serious issue with CSAM on PH. Why isn't Visa being forced to stop providing payment processing services for Liquor stores that sell alcohol to people who drive drunk and injure themselves and others? It's not a strawman—I see Visa as removed from culpability in that case as they are in this PornHub case. The specific behavior of the person posting this content is unquestionably damnable, but it doesn't mean PornHub is a whole is a net-bad. Sex work is real work, and America has a real damn hard time appreciating the aesthetics of the human body in a comfortable and unproblematic manner, and the pressure to keep PornHub surpassed in the shadows is also what promotes some bad behavior—since we can't talk about sex comfortably as a culture. In any case, Visa's job is not to moderate the content of the internet or any other purchases on their platform, aside from an interested best-effort response to deny outright the sale of illegal goods and services. Visa should be able to fine or sue PornHub for breach of contract. Or increase their payment processing fees, and make them provide reports and transparency from this. It is not ok for Visa to feel forced by external pressure to cut off this business category as a whole. Sure, charge them more, but don't deny the business.