Tim Pool Daily News WAR! Visa & Mastercard BAN Video Games After FEMINIST OUTRAGE, But NEW LAW COULD STOP THIS
Jul 31, 2025
Feminist outrage is leading payment processors to target adult video games, raising alarms about censorship in the gaming industry. The impact of Visa and Mastercard on gaming freedom is discussed, alongside the controversial role of financial giants in content regulation. Legislative efforts aim to protect access to legal adult games. Meanwhile, concerns about workplace social scoring, AI misuse for fake IDs, and insider trading among Congress members add layers to the ongoing conversation about ethics, transparency, and censorship.
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Visa-MasterCard Pressure Story
- Visa and MasterCard pressured platforms like Steam and Patreon to ban legal adult games and creators like Carl Benjamin.
- This debanking tactic forces platforms to remove content under threat of losing all payment processing, effectively censoring legal content.
Monopoly Power Enables Censorship
- Payment processors hold monopoly power that can dictate what legal content is purchasable.
- This power bypasses law and democracy, allowing ideological censorship without legislation.
Fight Back at Payment Processors
- Free expression advocates should flood Visa and MasterCard call centers to protest censorship of video games.
- This grassroots pressure can scare companies into backing down from censorship demands.