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I'm seeing less posts about the Visa and Mastercard situation and I want to make it plain as day. You need to keep calling and bothering them, and losing them money.

Because if we lose this, they are going to cut more and more from what's available until you can only buy what they approve of.

Visa is now actively shutting down calls regarding their censorship and prohibition of the sale of legal product.

They clearly retrained their staff on how to deal with our calls. That doesn't happen unless there's critical mass.

KEEP IT UP. They are trying to turf the calls as fast as they can.

MasterCard A • 2000 Purchase St. Purchase, NY 10577 US NEW +1 914 249 2000 • CEO of MasterCard: 0 > 6432224# -> 1 • President of Mastercard : 0 -> 54757287425# →> 3 1 800 307 7309 (US) - Options for operator : 1-1-2-2-2-1 NEW List of toll-free numbers by region NEW 1 914 249 200 (NY Office) - Hit 0, type random numbers, hit pound. You'll be in contact with a random executive or white collar MC worker. NEW 1 636 722 6100 (St. Louis Office) • 914.249.2000 (Global Headquarters, US) • 636.722.6100 (Operaction Center, US) • 971.4.391.4200 (Dubai HQ) • 305.539.2300 (Latin America HQ) • 914.249.6518 (North America HQ) • 1-800-627-8372 (US Only) • 1800-120-113 (Australia) • +1-636-722-7111 (International) • customer_support@mastercard.com • List of executives' Linkedin profiles

Visa A • 900 Metro Center Blvd, Foster City, CA 94404 • +1 650 432 3200 (Headquarters, US) • 1-800-847-2911 (US + Canada) - US Option Selection for Operator: 1-1-2 / 1-1-3 • List of phone numbers by region • 1-888-289-9322 (Confidential Compliance Hotline) • askvisa@visa.com

PayPal ! Unfortunately, PayPal doesn't seem to have any e-mail address, as it uses its website's customer support. You will need to log in to your PayPal account if you wish to access Customer Support lines or messages. Here's a few lines we found so far: • 2211 N 1st St. San Jose, CA 95131 US • 1-402-935-2050 (US + Canada) • 1800 931 678 (Australia) • Customer Complaints Form (Australia) • enquiry@paypal.com thank you sassinthedark.bsky.social for the info!

UBAED Stripe Stripe is currently a major priority, as they have the ability to deny itch.io's eligibility to their services according to itch.io's owner. • 354 Oyster Point Blvd. South San Francisco, CA 94080 US (United States HQ) NEW 10 BOULEVARD HAUSSMANN, 75009 PARIS (France HQ) • NEW Grand Canal Street Lower, The One Building, Dublin D02 HD59 (Ireland HQ) (yes, it's called The One Building) • +1 888 926 2289 - State you are from California when calling this number • 1(888) 963-8955 (San Franeisco HQ) NEW 353 1 903 8449 (Ireland HQ) • (877) 887-7815 (Customer Support/Complaints) UPDATED +33-805-11-19-67 (France HQ) Reports suggest the line was closed due to too many calls. • complaints@stripe.com • Complaints Form Thank you bukopanda.bsky.social for EU phones and addresses!

Mastercard, Visa, PayPal, Stripe. Don’t forget to complete your dailies!!

stop-paypros.neocities.org

RFK Jr’s health department to halt $500m in mRNA vaccine research Agency to end 22 federal contracts, questioning safety of technology credited with helping end Covid pandemic

Hey, so, TOTALLY not suggesting that RFK Jr. BACKS DOWN when we PUSH BACK, BUT if you’d like to call…

HHS Toll-Free: 1-877-696-6775

HHS Direct Line: 202-690-7000

PLEASE share and consider calling your senators and representatives as well.

NONE of this is okay.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

#SaveSpeech

its been a week, and while we cannot let up pressure on making phone calls, we need to start applying pressure elsewhere now as well!

PHASE 2: START MAILING PHYSICAL LETTERS

imgur: imgur.com/a/3pVupWQ

more comprehensive info can be found here:
stop-paypros.neocities.org
yellat.money

dunno the source for this but this is neat

Visa employees clearly told to deescalate ASAP
MasterCard employees more than familiar with the issue
Stripe feeling the pressure
ACLU put out a statement
CBC covered all this

What you are doing is WORKING
You are getting RESULTS
KEEP CALLING
KEEP WRITING
WE ARE GOING TO WIN!!

Oh i LOVE this, im getting one immediately!

This is going around for some reason, just gonna point out that many studies have been done about porn addiction, held by researchers who believed in porn addiction, only to find that porn addiction is not real and never was. Turns out it was religion.

www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/wome...

A Conservative Out-of-State PAC Is Backing Sara Nelson City council president Sara Nelson is supported by an out of state conservative PAC. Her opponent, Dionne Foster, is getting support from a local progressive group.

17% of Sarah Nelson's campaign funds are coming from outside the city.

Literally none of the time you spent calling Visa/MasterCard this week will matter if this shit passes

Yes it's exhausting to have more calls to make

But this *is* life or death

Censorship is the first stage of removing marginalized people from public life, and then from life itself

What to Know About the Kids Online Safety Act What to know about the bipartisan Kids Online Safety Act, which has been reintroduced and has a second chance.

THEYRE AT IT AGAIN
CALL YOUR REPS, WE HAVE ANOTHER BILL TO KILL

time.com/7288539/kids...

An image of a huge jackboot crushing a comic artist and a bunch of comic pages. The boot is marked by the logos for MasterCard, Visa, Paypal, and Stripe. Below the image there is text which reads: Don't let Payment Processors tell YOU what you can buy! It is not a payment processor's role to decide what kind of content you can or cannot spend money on, so long as it is a legal transaction. Fight back against the unjust policies hurting artists and creators online! https://yellat.money/ https://stop-paypros.neocities.org/

Let's Keep Calling!

a person is holding a piece of paper with the word spadder on it ALT: a person is holding a piece of paper with the word spadder on it

LEAVE A MESSAGE FOR MASTERCARD’S CEO

STEP 1: CALL +1 914 249 2000
STEP 2: TYPE 0
STEP 3: TYPE 6432224#
STEP 4: TYPE 1

Congratulations, and have fun calling the executive who matters most in this Steam / itchio censorship situation

Fictional kinks can't hurt me but a fascist regime very much can and will.

If you genuinely think fictional content (yes, even the "too gross" ones) is WORSE than fascism, reprioritize your life.

I can curate what fictional content I engage with.
I can't content warning my way out of fascism lmfao

‼️Important Update‼️

There have been increasing reports of people receiving verbal abuse when calling in complaints

So we've put together steps + a script to follow if this happens!

Please be careful out there

↻💬♡ to help spread the info!

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- Debora Juarez Back On Council

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- Manhattan Gunman Likely Targeted NFL

Get this news and more at The Stranger.

Why did thousands of adult titles just disappear from the biggest PC gaming marketplaces? Digital distribution platforms Steam and itch.io have tightened their rules about adult content – under pressure from payment processors. Why has this happened and where will it lead?

Steam and itch.io have removed thousands of video games in recent weeks deemed to be "adult content" in order to comply with strict rules from payment processors like Mastercard.

These policies censor artists engaged in lawful speech. Mastercard shouldn't be the gatekeepers of our digital freedom.

WHY? On July 2025, Steam, a popular storefront to purchase games on PC, and itch.io, a storefront that sells games, comics, tools, resources and much more, have recently delisted several NSFW games, after the group Collective Shout published an open letter to payment processors such as Visa, MasterCard, PayPal, and more. As a result of this letter, payment processors have strongarmed Valve and itch.io into enforcing restrictive new TOS policies on what kind of content their platforms can host and sell. Visa, Mastercard, Stripe and Paypal have been censoring free speech and legal business on the internet for TOO LONG. Their most recent targets are Steam and Itch.io, but they have also been pressuring websites like Pixiv, Patreon, Fansly, Onlyfans and MORE for years, applying draconian standards for what kind of adult/pornographic content platiorms and their users can host and sell. If we as consumers and creators want to regain ground on this issue, we have to make our voice heard. HOW? BOMBARD THEM WITH PHONE CALLS Collective Shout, the organization that lobbied to have Steam and Itch.io change their TOS, did so with only around 1000 phone calls. Visa and MC have backed down from pressuring Onlyians to remove adult content entirely due to public backlash. Clogging their phone lines for an extended perlou, over a mont at the absolute least, will almost gudrantee that these compantes will at least have to pay attention to the backlash. this list is not exhaustive. but some contact points for the 4 targets are: 1. VISA: (US + Can): +1 [8001-847-2911 US option selection for operator: 1-1-2 or 1-1-3 2. MASTERCARD: (US): +1 (8001-307-7309 US option selection for operator: 1-1-2-2-2-1 Phone (outside US): 1-636-722-7111 3. STRIPE: (Headquarters): +118881 963-8955 (France): +33 805-11-19-67 Stripe: complaints@stripe.com 4. PAYPAL: (US): +1 (888)-221-1161 (outside US): 1-402-935-2050 Customer Service: +1 (877)-569-1116

Cheat Sheet v.2

nothing from the prior version is incorrect, but ive made it a little easier to read, plus included a bit more helpful information

imgur link: imgur.com/a/wWaLY2i

more comprehensive info can be found here:
stop-paypros.neocities.org
yellat.money

MAKE YOUR CALLS!!!

Keep up the pressure! #SaveSpeech

The Itch/Steam thing dropped off the trending tab.

Therefore it's time to remind you again to swamp the payment processors with more calls.

If the call volume dies down in under a week they aren't going to learn their lesson. Make them regret it.

Screw that guy!! Youre awesome Pat, dont let anyone else (or yourself) tell you otherwise ❤️

Was a great evening! Truly felt like a big family gathering ❤️

Create NSFW art

Porn is not evil, sex is not abhorrent, pleasure is not a crime

Even if you don't agree with all kinks doesn't mean they should be allowed to censor art

This is why we have tags and the blick button, not megacorps deciding what we can and cannot like

Always resist oppression

OSA is gonna make us lose access to fucking wikipedia

write to your MPs.

I made a quick and dirty anti-censorship cheat sheet to help onboard people and direct their energy in a productive direction. This isnt as comprehensive as various websites being shared around, but it should be easy to share and save.

Save the png and repost as widely as you can

Johns Hopkins Press will license its books to train AI models Authors at the Johns Hopkins University Press will be able to opt out of the AI licensing agreement until the end of August; if they do not, their work will be used to train AI models.

“Authors have until the end of August to opt out of the licensing agreement. If they do not, their work will be used to help train AI models.”