They only took 1000 calls from an Australian hate group to start censoring shit... and every single post on bluesky about calling/contacting them to stop doing this has over 20k notes. They're beyond cooked.
this post was submitted on 27 Jul 2025
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Not only 1000 calls. 1000 calls, plus a long standing and often previously acted upon stick-up-the-ass opposition to sex. This is far from the first incident. They were predisposed to the hate group's message, and perhaps chose to use them as scapegoats for their own decisions.
Does anywhere list numbers to call to do the same thing but about unnecessary censorship?
One-tap dial phone numbers:
Master card
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US + Can English
(skips card number input)
Visa
PayPal
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US English
Say "make a complaint"
Stripe (unconfirmed)
Script:
I’m calling to urge [company name] to immediately end the policy that unfairly targets the adult content industry. I’m also asking that [company name] sit down with stakeholders- specifically sex workers and adult content creators- to develop solutions that ensure equitable access to financial services, create stability, and reduce harm for sex workers.
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Good, fuck 'em.
Payment processors need to STAY IN THEIR OWN FUCKING LANE!
~~Mastercard refused to allow people to donate to Julian Assange. Blatant political interference.~~
~~I cut up my Mastercard.~~
Update: After reading the Collective Shout website, I completely changed my mind on what they're doing. I donated to them. The stuff they are campaiging against, specifically the game No Mercy is disgusting, glorifying rape of your mother and sisters? Who the hell thinks thats a "game"? Sick.
Did you close it tho?
It can't be closed, it's been cut too many times.
I'll never forget that opener they did where Dwight starts a fire and they throw that cat through the ceiling. 11/10
Lol. Yeah I closed it. But declaring bankruptcy is more fun.
A petition is useless. There needs to be an opposing organization whose members do exactly what these other asshats to, and call and write letters to the payment processors threatening boycotts and publicity.
Crypto was supposed to do this but it's too fractured and volatile now.
It's also too awkward to actually use.
Rupay and UPI are good alternatives.
I hope interac uses this opening, I already primarily use them but they don't do credit.
FWIW for itch.io the main issue is specifically Stripe this time according to one of their employees.
Stripe fuckin' sucks for that. I've run into them pulling shit over hot sauce and other completely innocuous stuff over the years.
Hot sauce? Wtf?
Hot sauce has a HUGE market, large variety of clients and brands, I'm sure one had the word "sex" or "boob", something like that that made them block it. Pretty sad.
It's funny they want us to BUY games and not pirate, then literally remove any method to purchase it. Just stay on your ship in the seas.
Yeah, a lot of hot sauces have extremely graphic names. Probably more along the lines of nonconsensual backdoor usage.
I mean yeah they shouldn't get involved in that. Just let the law deal with the people buying things that would be illegal. And this is also why cash and crypto (for online purchases) are the best way to buy things. Credit card companies should have no say in what people buy.
So did did Visa and MasterCard ever stop payments to... like... Infowars? I know PayPal went after them but the credit card networks are a level even higher.
I can't sign it. It tell me my perfectly valid mail address is not valid
I was always a bit "Why would I bother with crypto instead of fiat?", I just got an answer. Hopefully Steam/big names affected by this adopt crypto payment processors.
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