Lorna Murray, board chairwoman of ECPAT NZ/Child Alert, would also like to see all financial, data storage and social media providers consider how their organisation might be used by those behind the child sex abuse industry.Ĭhild Alert is a small organisation whose focus is on the commercial sexual exploitation of children. In December 2020, Mastercard and Visa announced they would block their customers using their credit cards on Pornhub after accusations emerged in a New York Times investigation that the site contained videos of child abuse. If the way you procure it is mundane then no alarm will go off … it’s the way you buy your groceries … They need to know that it’s not ok.”Īnd McPhillips points out it has been done before.
She says being able to use a credit card – a piece of plastic they carry around in their wallet – normalises paying money for a child to be sexually abused. Help foundation Kathryn McPhillips says authorities and big business should do what they can to make it harder for people to pay for abuse images.
