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Given the now multi year heavily covered role of payment processors in policing the boundary between sex work and abuse I’m surprised payment is so far down the
by fhsm 4y ago
Given the now multi year heavily covered role of payment processors in policing the boundary between sex work and abuse I’m surprised payment is so far down the list in these comments. In the news this month:
- https://www.cnbc.com/2022/08/02/bill-ackman-blasts-visa-saying-it-has-the-power-to-pressure-pornhub-to-remove-child-pornography.html https://www.cnbc.com/2022/08/02/bill-ackman-blasts-visa-sayi...
- https://thehill.com/policy/technology/548279-mastercard-updates-policy-for-adult-content-sellers/ https://thehill.com/policy/technology/548279-mastercard-upda...
Getting deplatform by payment processors is existential. Also, of note, they are just the front door to a banking system that is generally necessary for commerce and yet under similar pressure to police:
- https://www.marijuanamoment.net/marijuana-banking-reform-will-not-be-enacted-as-part-of-manufacturing-bill-congressional-leaders-agree/ https://www.marijuanamoment.net/marijuana-banking-reform-wil...
- https://www.aba.com/advocacy/our-issues/cannabis https://www.aba.com/advocacy/our-issues/cannabis
Perhaps nether is as salient as the news cycles devoted to SWIFT and the norming power that exclusion form it was sure to demonstrate.
- https://www.bbc.com/news/business-60521822 https://www.bbc.com/news/business-60521822
(Specific links are arbitrary pointers into the issues referenced)