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Organize to stop payment processors deciding what you can buy

Organize to stop payment processors deciding what you can buy

Rob Beschizza / Boing Boing
Jul 26, 2025
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Payment processors such as Visa, Mastercard, Paypal and Stripe are extending their control of what you can spend your money on. This authoritarian and censorial trend received more attention this week after they forced software platforms Steam and Itch.io to remove or delist adult-themed games. Freedom-loving America…

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