They are sadly very common means of censorship.
Payment systems often censor with no (apparent) government intervention too: see how Mastercard and Visa attacked and censored pornography, particularly in video games, pressuring payment service providers to act as censors on their behalf.
Aspie96 / Valentino Giudice
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2026-08-31 04:10:33 UTC
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