Laila Mickelwait

I just kind of got new numbers yesterday that they have been forced to take down 91% of that website. They went from 56%. million pieces of content down to 5.2 million. They've lost Visa, MasterCard, and Discover, have cut them off completely after a huge multi-year battle for that to happen.

I just kind of got new numbers yesterday that they have been forced to take down 91% of that website. They went from 56%. million pieces of content down to 5.2 million. They've lost Visa, MasterCard, and Discover, have cut them off completely after a huge multi-year battle for that to happen.

I just kind of got new numbers yesterday that they have been forced to take down 91% of that website. They went from 56%. million pieces of content down to 5.2 million. They've lost Visa, MasterCard, and Discover, have cut them off completely after a huge multi-year battle for that to happen.

So the credit card companies were the ones that were enabling them to monetize this illegal content, including trafficking and child sexual abuse, and they were getting a cut of each transaction.

So the credit card companies were the ones that were enabling them to monetize this illegal content, including trafficking and child sexual abuse, and they were getting a cut of each transaction.

So the credit card companies were the ones that were enabling them to monetize this illegal content, including trafficking and child sexual abuse, and they were getting a cut of each transaction.

Well, it was the doing of many people who've joined together. I mean, we've had 600 organizations participate in what's called trafficking hub movement. Lawyers, journalists, most of all survivors who've come forward to courageously tell their stories.

Well, it was the doing of many people who've joined together. I mean, we've had 600 organizations participate in what's called trafficking hub movement. Lawyers, journalists, most of all survivors who've come forward to courageously tell their stories.

Well, it was the doing of many people who've joined together. I mean, we've had 600 organizations participate in what's called trafficking hub movement. Lawyers, journalists, most of all survivors who've come forward to courageously tell their stories.

Well, it was a huge battle. I mean, some of these conversations, behind the scenes conversations with the credit card executives are verbatim recounted in my book, Takedown. And you can kind of go on that journey of having to

Well, it was a huge battle. I mean, some of these conversations, behind the scenes conversations with the credit card executives are verbatim recounted in my book, Takedown. And you can kind of go on that journey of having to

Well, it was a huge battle. I mean, some of these conversations, behind the scenes conversations with the credit card executives are verbatim recounted in my book, Takedown. And you can kind of go on that journey of having to

battle with them to show them evidence after evidence after evidence that they were actually, in the words of a federal judge, so Visa is currently being sued by these survivors for their relationship with Pornhub. A federal judge in California, Cormac Carmi, he said, Visa gave Pornhub the very tool through which to complete the crime of knowingly benefiting from child trafficking.

battle with them to show them evidence after evidence after evidence that they were actually, in the words of a federal judge, so Visa is currently being sued by these survivors for their relationship with Pornhub. A federal judge in California, Cormac Carmi, he said, Visa gave Pornhub the very tool through which to complete the crime of knowingly benefiting from child trafficking.

battle with them to show them evidence after evidence after evidence that they were actually, in the words of a federal judge, so Visa is currently being sued by these survivors for their relationship with Pornhub. A federal judge in California, Cormac Carmi, he said, Visa gave Pornhub the very tool through which to complete the crime of knowingly benefiting from child trafficking.

Finally, the New York Times did an explosive article at the end of 2020 two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, Nicholas Kristof, that kind of sent shockwaves around the world. The pressure was on, and they actually ended up announcing they were cutting ties with Pornhub at that point.

Finally, the New York Times did an explosive article at the end of 2020 two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, Nicholas Kristof, that kind of sent shockwaves around the world. The pressure was on, and they actually ended up announcing they were cutting ties with Pornhub at that point.

Finally, the New York Times did an explosive article at the end of 2020 two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, Nicholas Kristof, that kind of sent shockwaves around the world. The pressure was on, and they actually ended up announcing they were cutting ties with Pornhub at that point.

But we found out that they actually snuck back two weeks later to the advertising arm behind the scenes to continue monetizing this content with Pornhub, and it was another two-year battle to finally get them to cut off Pornhub once and for all. And that's kind of how it happened. Thanks to lawsuits, thanks to public pressure. And Bill Ackman actually was a huge help.

But we found out that they actually snuck back two weeks later to the advertising arm behind the scenes to continue monetizing this content with Pornhub, and it was another two-year battle to finally get them to cut off Pornhub once and for all. And that's kind of how it happened. Thanks to lawsuits, thanks to public pressure. And Bill Ackman actually was a huge help.