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This is one of the ways the government can censor people despite the first amendment. It’s absolutely by design. The regulators “express concern” about certain

by ls612 1y ago

This is one of the ways the government can censor people despite the first amendment. It’s absolutely by design. The regulators “express concern” about certain financial activity and then the companies remove it.

fragmede 1y ago
this is such small potatoes compared to the results of everything going on right now though
- sneak 1y ago
  No institutionalized censorship of harmless content is small potatoes.
  - fragmede 1y ago
    the other potatoes are really big
- AngryData 1y ago
  I don't think so, it is death by a thousand cuts which is why we are in such a shitty place right now. Out rights have been attacked on all side for decades, little by little, but all together it is a huge loss.
  - fragmede 1y ago
    the problem of Visa and Mastercard being against porn just seems like a such a small cut next to the US President forcing a comedian off the air for making critical remarks
    - fsflover 1y ago
      They don't just block porn but many other things according to comments here.
- herbst 1y ago
  This is a long ongoing issue tho and one of the main reasons many European sex stores don't take credit card at all. Visa and master do enforce irrational morals