These are good points. But the problem, as discussed in this article and the comments, is we already have defacto morality police: the credit card monopolies.

These are good points. But the problem, as discussed in this article and the comments, is we already have defacto morality police: the credit card monopolies. Given we’re going to have content police in some form (we clearly do need them to an extent), shouldn’t they be as transparent and accountable as possible? We should have the equivalent of bodycam footage when a decision is made—a paper trail showing who signed off and what the rationale was. There should be a process for appeals. Decisions shouldn’t be political or religiously motivated. Being cut off from the financial system is as much an imposition on a person’s rights as being fined or arrested by the government. Sure, it needs to happen sometimes, but there should be protection against being targeted in an arbitrary or abusive way.