PayPal stops payouts to models on Pornhub

Post by skunkpocalypse » Fri, Nov 15, 2019, 1:42 AM UTC

xtracto wrote: post #272

aazaa wrote: post #135

Financial deplatforming is a monster, long-term trend to watch over the next decades. Deplatforming happens with sex workers. It also happens in the US marijuana industry. It happens with perfectly legal political content. The number of ways in which someone, somewhere will be offended by products or services for sale is growing, driven by a rapidly improving worldwide communication network and delivery system, and b…

It will be funny that, as with other technologies from the past, pornography will be the use case that will finally bring cryptocurrencies to widespread adoption in society

Post by sailfast » Fri, Nov 15, 2019, 1:47 AM UTC

s1artibartfast wrote: post #305

Nasrudith wrote: post #182

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Marijuana is separate from the deplatforming in the traditional sense because federal banking laws and the DEA's stubborn Schedule 1 tautology when it clearly has medical uses are to blame as opposed to uncooerced choices.

That depends on if the bank in question is subject to the federal regulations.

Post by codexon » Fri, Nov 15, 2019, 1:55 AM UTC

ryukafalz wrote: post #204

Daishiman wrote: post #149

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Bitcoin isn't criticized for this being an invalid use case, because it's totally valid. It's criticized because it's useless for this use case, people involved in this scene in practice don't care about it to any serious degree beyond it being a talking point, and because anything for legally working around financial deplatforming still needs strong interfacing with the rest of the system as well as compliance with…

I think part of it is a bootstrapping problem. Bitcoin solved an interesting technical problem, so people started using it. Once people started getting interested, companies popped up to sell it, but notably there was a base of users prior to that. By contrast, the barrier to entry for a new system denominated in USD is much higher. People can't really start using it until there's a company around to support it, and…

Post by belltaco » Fri, Nov 15, 2019, 1:58 AM UTC

tux1968 wrote: post #326

ocdtrekkie wrote: post #318

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Not just in the past. There's a current case going on about a major channel that Pornhub used to feature about performers being allegedly both lied to about where the footage would be available and raped. Very possibly what spurred PayPal to make this change.

That sounds like something that should be handled by law enforcement, not your bank.

Post by belltaco » Fri, Nov 15, 2019, 2:00 AM UTC

dredmorbius wrote: post #344

sandworm101 wrote: post #296

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Amateur porn? User-uploaded X-rated videos? When things go wrong they go wrong fast. Professional studios know how to abide by all the various regulations, many of which change from one state (or even city) to another. Amateurs with webcams in their bedrooms do not. Just look at the "Girls do porn" fiasco to see why someone might not want to do business with an amateur-focused studio.

That's not a ... relevantly fruitful ... search term. Have any relevant links?