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If Visa is a "utility," why are we clutching pearls when Trump is banned by them, but not Pornhub?
by pmiller2 6y ago
If Visa is a "utility," why are we clutching pearls when Trump is banned by them, but not Pornhub?
- JumpCrisscross 6y ago> If Visa is a "utility," why are we clutching pearls when Trump is banned by them, but not Pornhub? Visa is not a utility. I would be open to debating whether they should be one. The flip side of such a designation is it would likely require the government indemnify Visa against fraud losses. The line between deplatforming for fraud risk (the ostensible reason for Visa’s aversion to porn) and for objectionable content is difficult to draw.
- pmiller2 6y agoThat's what I'm saying. Where was the outrage when Pornhub was banned? If they're not a utility when they kick off Pornhub, how can they possibly be a utility when they kick off Trump? You don't get to have it both ways.
- grzm 6y agoThere are plenty of comments on HN in opposition to Visa and MasterCard stopping to work with Pornhub. Volume might not be the same, but that's hardly surprising. - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25381920 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25381920 - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25379213 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25379213
- pmiller2 6y agoThe volume is the point.
- Intermernet 6y agoThe volume indicates the popularity of the opinion. You can debate the opinions as long as you do it civilly.
- pmiller2 6y agoThat's exactly my point. People are up in arms over Trump being booted off the platform, but not Pornhub. This is not consistent with arguing that Visa is a "utility."