MONTREAL — Mastercard is investigating its relationship with MindGeek-owned advertising portal TrafficJunky after The Logic found the platform allows advertisers to build campaigns around keywords including “13yearoldteen,” “not18,” “momdaughter” and other terms that imply illegal activity.
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