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The petition addressed that MasterCard and Visa must stop censoring legal fictional content that complies with the law and platform standards.

Archived version: https://archive.is/20250725225542/https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/mastercard-visa-under-fire-petition-payment-giants-not-police-legal-content-blows-1739406

Petition: https://www.change.org/p/tell-mastercard-visa-activist-groups-stop-controlling-what-we-can-watch-read-or-play


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[–] RegalPotoo@lemmy.world 135 points 1 week ago (15 children)

Financial networks either need "network neutrality" rules or maybe that monopoly needs to get broken up

[–] Natanael 32 points 1 week ago (9 children)

Either you're a bank under strict regulations when you're handling that kind of money, or you have no business processing that kind of money. PayPal & co dodges most regulations due to technically not being a bank, but at that size they shouldn't be able to abuse loopholes.

[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (8 children)

Well my adult game content provider uses paypal and they have not been affected by this bullshit.

[–] BigTurkeyLove@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 week ago

Fiduciary Responsibility Simulator 2009

[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Nothing but I bought an adult game called Treasure Hunter Claire. They have tons more. I hsd an idea to do lets play videos but on Pornhub. But then Oklahoma came along with that law and now Pornhub is blockef here. I.do have a vpn. But I was not wanting to use that to do this with.

[–] BigTurkeyLove@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm also from Oklahoma! VPN is a must here.

[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Oh I have a vpn and use it. Just wish I didn't have to.

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