Judge Partly Dismisses Trafficking Victim’s Suit Against PornHub Owners, Visa

( September 29, 2025, 2:49 PM EDT) -- LOS ANGELES — A California federal judge on Sept. 26 issued two rulings, partly granting a motion to dismiss filed by owners and operators of pornography website PornHub and a separate motion to dismiss filed by Visa Inc., which processes payments for PornHub, both of which were accused of violating sex-trafficking laws and California’s unfair competition law (UCL) by monetizing child sex abuse material (CSAM) made of the plaintiff while she was a minor....