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I thought the main cause of this was a recent law change regarding liability around sex trafficking: https://www.wired.com/story/how-a-controversial-new-sex-tra
by fossuser 5y ago
I thought the main cause of this was a recent law change regarding liability around sex trafficking: https://www.wired.com/story/how-a-controversial-new-sex-trafficking-law-will-change-the-web/ https://www.wired.com/story/how-a-controversial-new-sex-traf...
Rather than risk this liability it's easier for payment processors to just not work with high risk sites.
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