Spoke with an anon source who had an interesting insight into Visa policy. Per a convo with their bank on the Steam/itchio situation today, Visa put new restrictions into place due to a new "government policy." The exact phrase used by Visa. No specific country was listed as the source of the policy
Analysis from me:
I would not be surprised if this was a reference to changes in U.S. federal policy. Project 2025 revealed a keen investment from Trump admin in the censorship of pornography through controlling institutions responsible for accessing it
Unclear without any further info
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This sorta tracks, considering chokepoint and all.
The problem is that the fundies don't have anywhere near as much leverage as they think; the furor on Other Site shows that the young dudes that propelled Trump do NOT like this shit.
(And, posturing aside, they don't actually care about Jesus.)
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I’ve seen multiple Americans complain about people outside of the US who talk a lot about US politics, THIS is why we care ! How the fuck am I supposed to not feel concerned by the politics of another country when this same country it able to take away my rights ??
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if true, that would give foreign govs A LOT of ammo to ban\ regulate visa\mc and other payment processors based in the usa.
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I don't mean this as a gotcha but like, why speculate? Aren't there a bunch of other options here as well?
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See OMB director Russell Vought, core to Project 2025, arguing for a national ban on pornography by starting with state ID laws. There's a clear national interest in attacking pornography from someone within the Trump administration
theintercept.com/2024/08/16/p...
Project 2025 Co-Author Caught Admitting the Secret Conservative Plan to Ban Porn
In a hidden-camera recording, Russ Vought explains that age verification laws are just pretext to shut down porn sites.
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If that's true, let me remind you all that Project 2025 specifically defines queer people EXISTING as "pornography"
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It's looking like Ofcom in the UK is more likely to be the culprit.
