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　　Mastercard investigates Pornhub for allegations of child abuse

　　万事达卡调查 Pornhub的虐童指控

　　Mastercard is investigating allegations against Pornhub.com, after a New York Times column on Friday accused the porn site of hosting videos on its platform that depict child abuse and nonconsensual sexual behavior.

　　周五，《纽约时报》专栏指责Pornhub在其平台上播放虐待儿童和非知情同意性行为的视频，万事达对此展开调查

　　1.The credit card company, which accepts payments on the website, said on Sunday it has "zero tolerance for illegal activity" on its network and that it works closely with law enforcement and organizations such as the National and International Center for Missing and Exploited Children to detect and prevent those types of transactions.

　　周日，万事达称，对各种非法行为零容忍，并将和国家和国际失踪和受虐儿童中心等执法组织紧密合作，调查和防止各种类型的非法事件。

　　2.“We are investigating the allegations raised in the New York Times and are working with [Pornhub parent company] MindGeek's bank to understand this situation, in addition to the other steps they have already taken. If the claims are substantiated, we will take immediate action," Mastercard (MA) said in a statement to CNN Business. "When we identify illegal activity, our policy is to ask the acquirer to terminate the relationship, unless an effective compliance plan is put in place.”　　

　　万事达卡(MA)在一份给CNN Business的声明中说，“我们正在调查《纽约时报》的指控，并与Pornhub母公司MindGeek的银行合作，了解情况。如果这些指控属实，我们会立即采取行动。一旦发现非法行为，除非有有效的合规计划，否则我们会要求收购者立即终止合作关系。”

　　3. The investigation comes after a Times' column, written by Pulitzer Prize winner Nicholas Kristof, described recordings on Pornhub's website of assaults of unconscious women and girls, including a naked video of a 14-year-old girl. He wrote that Pornhub allows videos to be downloaded directly from its site, leaving room for content to spread and be reuploaded to the internet even after it's been taken down.

　　此前，《纽约时报》的一篇专栏文章提及Pornhub网站上那些侵犯妇女和幼童的视频，其中包含一段14岁女孩的裸体视频。该专栏作者是普利策奖得主尼古拉斯·克里斯多夫。他写道，Pornhub允许用户直接从其网站下载视频，使得人们在内容被撤销的情况下也能传播和重新上传视频。

　　4. Pornhub denied the allegations, stating that any assertion it allows child sex abuse material (CSAM) on its platform is "irresponsible and flagrantly untrue." "Due to the nature of our industry, people's preconceived notions of Pornhub's values and processes often differ from reality — but it is counterproductive to ignore the facts regarding a subject as serious as CSAM, " Pornhub said in a statement to CNN Business. "We have zero tolerance for CSAM. Pornhub is unequivocally committed to combating CSAM, and has instituted an industry-leading trust and safety policy to identify and eradicate illegal material from our community."

　　Pornhub否认了这一指控，称任何声称其平台上有儿童性侵内容(CSAM)的说法都是“不负责任的，完全不实的”。Pornhub在给CNN Business的一份声明中说，“由于行业特性, 人们的偏见以及Pornhub和现实不符的流程，忽视CSAM这样严重的问题往往会适得其反。我们对CSAM是零容忍的。Pornhub明确承诺打击CSAM，并制定了行业领先的信任和安全政策，以识别和根除我们社区中的非法内容。”

　　5. Credit card payments on pornographic websites have long been a point of contention, with many activists calling for the suspension of these type of transactions on adult websites. In a tweet on Saturday in response to the Times' column, hedge fund billionaire Bill Ackman called for card companies to either withhold payments or withdraw ties with Pornhub until the issue is fixed.

　　色情网站上的信用卡支付长期以来一直是争论的焦点，许多活动人士呼吁暂停成人网站上的此类交易。对冲基金亿万富翁比尔•阿克曼上周六在推特上回应纽约时报的专栏文章，呼吁信用卡公司要么停止付款，要么取消与Pornhub的合作，直到问题得到解决。

　　6. Financial service company American Express prohibits its cards from being accepted on Pornhub, citing a longstanding policy that prohibits cards from being used on digital adult content sites, according to an American Express (AXP) spokesperson. PayPal (PYPL) also doesn't process payments for Pornhub. The company stopped doing so in 2019. Visa (V) said it is aware of the allegations and is "actively engaging with the relevant financial institutions to investigate, in addition to engaging directly with the site's parent company, MindGeek." "If the site is identified as not complying with applicable laws or the financial institutions' acceptable use policies and underwriting standards they will no longer be able to accept Visa payments," Visa told CNN Business in a statement.

　　金融服务公司美国运通的发言人表示，该公司禁止其信用卡在Pornhub上被授权，还援引了一项长期以来禁止信用卡在成人数字内容网站上使用的政策。PayPal (PYPL) 2019年就停止处理Pornhub的支付交易了。Visa (V)表示，已经了解这些指控，并“积极和该网站母公司接洽，同时还积极与相关金融机构展开调查。如果该网站被认定不符合适用法律或金融机构的可接受使用政策和承销标准，Visa将不再提供支付。