Against the censorship of adult content by payment processors

Post by [deleted] » Fri, Jul 25, 2025, 6:16 PM UTC

coldpie wrote: post #163

woodrowbarlow wrote: post #156

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you are taking it for granted that corporations should largely be given the same civil rights as private citizens, as decided in citizens united v. FEC, but in my view this was one of the worst decisions to ever come out of the supreme court.

Hmm, maybe, I haven't thought about it much. The angle I'm taking is, as a private citizen I choose not to do business with entities I think are immoral, such as Amazon and Home Depot and Hobby Lobby and Uline and Tesla. If I were a business owner, I would prefer to continue to not to do business with those entities and I'd be pretty pissed if I was forced to by the government. That does seem to agree with your "same…

Post by Goronmon » Fri, Jul 25, 2025, 6:18 PM UTC

coldpie wrote: post #86

Goronmon wrote: post #83

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That gets pretty controversial. Is this issue always controversial? Is it controversial that companies aren't allowed to refuse service based on gender or race (in the US at least)?

> Is it controversial that companies aren't allowed to refuse service based on gender or race (in the US at least)? Those are legal categories known as "protected classes," and yeah, it was and is pretty controversial[1]. I think you'd have a hard time getting purchasers of porn games declared a protected class. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964 ; further reading, https://en.wikipedia.org/wik…

Post by OutOfHere » Fri, Jul 25, 2025, 6:23 PM UTC

arghwhat wrote: post #105

OutOfHere wrote: post #12

Cryptocurrencies are sufficiently diverse and popular in this day and age that this should be a non-issue at this time. So many sites accept them already. I even advise using Monero to fully shield the user.

Diverse, yes - but I wouldn't call it popular as a means of making regular financial transaction. I would certainly only use it as last resort. Too slow, too cumbersome, most of the benefits being overstated or misunderstood. Even in this case, while you certainly can't block the transaction from going through, the site still needs a payment provider to manage transactions which someone might pressure into not workin…

Post by Henchman21 » Fri, Jul 25, 2025, 6:34 PM UTC

jagaerglad wrote: post #181

cedws wrote: post #142

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You should kick up a major fuss. Call the media. Write a blog post. These companies should not be the moderator of what is socially acceptable.

if only a decentralized alternative had not become a money laundering tool and financial instrument

Post by Henchman21 » Fri, Jul 25, 2025, 6:40 PM UTC

jjcob wrote: post #204

Not sure if stuff like WERO will help. I talked to a social worker who works with sex workers, and apparently a major problem they have is that local banks refuse them as customers. Which is ridiculous. Why should a sex worker not be able to open a bank account?