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Mastercard deflects blame for NSFW games being taken down, but Valve says payment processors 'specifically cited' a Mastercard rule about damaging the brand (www.pcgamer.com)
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Statement: https://www.mastercard.com/us/en/news-and-trends/press/2025/august/clarifying-recent-headlines-on-gaming-content.html

Mastercard has not evaluated any game or required restrictions of any activity on game creator sites and platforms, contrary to media reports and allegations.

Our payment network follows standards based on the rule of law. Put simply, we allow all lawful purchases on our network. At the same time, we require merchants to have appropriate controls to ensure Mastercard cards cannot be used for unlawful purchases, including illegal adult content.

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Seth Eisen

seth.eisen@mastercard.com

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[–] Gloria@sh.itjust.works 174 points 2 days ago (33 children)

American Payment Processors really need more competition. They can not be trusted to act in a free market sense and not drift into a chaindog for political ideas.

[–] mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 34 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Payment processing is one of those things that really should have been treated as a public utility from the start. The same way we treat water, electricity, and phone lines. But even getting the internet treated as a utility has been a losing battle thus far.

[–] aramova 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Only problem with a public utility like that now would be Trump and his Insane Cunt Posey would weaponize it for the religious right.

[–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

As if they're not weaponizing private entities anyway

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