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>it was disgusting how easily the US government It was never the US government? It was always done by advocacy groups with good law firms suing Visa for _whate
by mrguyorama 2y ago
>it was disgusting how easily the US government
It was never the US government? It was always done by advocacy groups with good law firms suing Visa for _whatever_ until Visa """voluntarily""" censored porn payments.
- ethbr1 2y agoThe DOJ under Bush W absolutely prosecuted explicit pornography for political optics. (WARNING: Some pretty nasty stuff mentioned; text, not pictures) https://web.archive.org/web/20060321172250/http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=25246 https://web.archive.org/web/20060321172250/http://www.thestr... Primarily through leveraging the power of the AG to apply on-the-books obscenity laws to material which previously hadn't been targeted as such. When the courts took a dim view towards that, they decided they could get quicker wins by making it clear to Visa et al. that things would be uncomfortable if they didn't "voluntarily" choose to stop doing business with pornographic companies.