The problem is that what's "illegal" for pornography will vary widely
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, and is subject to shift rapidly depending on the political climate. In particular, incest porn is regarded as illegal in many countries, and if there's even a whiff of a virtual minor character things get
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. A disclaimer that "everyone is over 18" isn't going to hold much water. And with the mess
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kicked up in 2020 everyone is freaking out over being caught in the crossfire. This is the sort of shit that gets everyone in a ten-mile radius in legal trouble, as
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.
So given the choice between a) keeping an armada of lawyers of staff to make sure that AVNs on their platform are kosher with the countries they serve and b) issuing a blanket ban on stuff that could potentially get them sued or criminally investigated, it's not surprising they'd go with the safer choice. Does anyone really believe that a major corporation in the modern era would leave money on the table over something silly like morals? Visa would happily process transactions for child slave auctions if they thought they could get away with it.