Credit card companies’ censorship of video games is thriving on people’s lack of awareness, Japanese politician says  - AUTOMATON WEST Former Japanese assemblyman offers analysis of the deliberately "invisible" mechanism of censorship by credit card companies.

Credit card companies’ censorship of video games is thriving on people’s lack of awareness, Japanese politician says

"You can’t tell who's regulating what, or for what purpose. Most people don’t perceive how serious a threat that is"
automaton-media.com/en/news/cred...

If you want a place to start fighting back vs Visa and Mastercard and you live in these regions? Heres a great thing you can do to get your activism start

Live elsewhere? Look into whether your govt has any similar petitions, or what you can do to start one yourself

Vi & Jinx: Loony Larceny (13)! The queen isn't happy 😤

Vi & Jinx: Loony Larceny (13)!
The queen isn't happy 😤

Genocide.

We all need to keep collectively calling it exactly what it is. Especially us cis folks. When they’re done gunning for the most vulnerable groups they’ll just go after the next most vulnerable and won’t stop because they never stop. Thats what hatred is.

It’s Genocide, plain and simple.

Remember, they don't have to pass any laws banning porn to ban it. The reason we have such a breath of amazing and niche work now more than ever, is because of the ability for people to monetize their art better than ever. If this threat continues, that art goes away instantly.

this is strong evidence that the ACLU and EFF are gearing up to tackle payment processors.

keep up the pressure! there is no one single silver bullet, getting our Ws requires pressure from all fronts! We can do this!

Time to take a Collective Shit on Collective Shout.

Call these numbers and let these companies know, firmly, that you are not happy with their anti-adult content policies.

Fight the Fascists!
We will win!

kiss~

Will you let her in?

"Stripe has indicated that they hope to be able to support adult content in the future."

Whether Stripe means it or not, getting an actual statement from them is pretty big! If anything, the pressure is working! Don't stop calling! #SaveSpeech

So while Stripe and PayPal should keep getting calls, Stripe has said that their banking partners are giving them issues. Who are they?

• Fifth Third Bank (!!)
• Evolve Bank (!!)
• Goldman Sachs
• Citibank
• Barclays (UK)

Sources:
techcrunch.com/2020/12/03/s...

stripe.com/treasury

Keep calling.

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!!!

Stop KOSA KOSA is a censorship bill that won’t make kids safe. Instead, it'll put all internet users at risk, especially youth. If you believe in a free and open internet, tell your lawmakers to reject #KOSA!

Current call to actions include:
- EFF: act.eff.org/action/congr...
- www.stopkosa.com
- actionnetwork.org/petitions/ce...

The goal of this is to signal to lawmakers this bill is not popular and shouldn't be brought before Congress (should die in committee or elsewhere).

These links have scripts!

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.

Several people in suits reach towards a man with glasses sitting at a table, holding a microphone. The latter speaks into the microphone, while the former attempt to stop him.

Porn and art with sexual themes deserve to exist on their own merit, not because censoring them has knock-on effects for non-sexual content. Please stop expressing outrage by implying that censorship would be okay if it *just* affected sex workers and artists engaging with sexual themes.

Cartoon monster lady, Sue, in a "Don't Stop Calling T-shirt, pointing at a personification of "puritan activist groups" looming over a personification of "payment processor" Sue's Dialogue: YOOHOO! These motherfuckers think they can pick and choose what you do with your own money. You wouldn't let them do that, would you?

Hey if you hate censorship and want to do more than just doompost online, you can actually do something: Being annoying!

Hoards of people have been blowing up the phones of payment processing companies to pressure them not to bend to the whims of puritan groups.

stop-paypros.neocities.org

IT'S WORKING, Y'ALL!! Keep the pressure up!!

Maybe we could find out.

Mastercard (US): 1-800-627-8372
Mastercard (Int.): +1-636-722-7111
Visa (US + Can): 1 800 847 2911
Visa (AUS): 1 800 125 440
PayPal: +44-0203-901-7000

Worst you can do here is waste two minutes of your time.

If you see this, post your OC masturbating 💖

Sunrise needs a magical wand to get off 😔

Camellia 2 - Full Animation! 🎥🔊

Camellia VA - @pleasedbyviolet.bsky.social
MaleVA/SFX - @saberwolf8.bsky.social

Ram and Elphelt beach day #GGST

SHAKE SHAKE!

#SHANTEA #ANIME #HAYSEYDRAWS

Rouge doodle 🦇 fanart

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this the kinda shit yall would murder for

Yor and Loid Forger having some sex, if they are pretending to be a family gotta go all the way

Yor & Loid having a "family moment" 🕵️🌹
[Patreon public release] Alt bellow ⤵️

A small redesign of Makayla to start the month
maybe later this month I'll reopen the patreon.. maybe

for now I have kofi if you like to support me
ko-fi.com/mrdeathcat

Shantae lines #WIP #nsfwart