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Message: <blockquote data-quote="The Firebird" data-source="post: 9713330" data-attributes="member: 7015803">I can't help but think of the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/04/opinion/sunday/pornhub-rape-trafficking.html" target="_blank">Nicholas Kristof</a> article from 2020, which explicitly called for credit card companies to stop doing business with exploitative sites. As I recall that was <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/10/business/visa-mastercard-block-pornhub.html" target="_blank">successful</a> on a very quick timescale. (I don't know if the ban is still in effect?) I think given the existence of that kind of content, and the potential for deepfakes now, credit cards cutting off access has to be an option. At the same time [USER=8461]@Alzrius[/USER] makes an excellent point that these payments are so widely used that they are a de facto public utility and it is dangerous for them to have this much power. And you make an excellent point about crypto. It is an environmental disaster and this will encourage it. I don't know much about the steam games [USER=7034087]@Divine2021[/USER] mentioned. I believe it when people say the bans are far too extensive. Part of the risk imo is that too aggressive bans deligitimize the credit card companies from taking action in cases where it is merited, like the Kristof one. With all that said I am opposed to the steam and itch changes, and hope they can work out a way to moderate only genuinely harmful content.</blockquote>

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