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So if you're just waking up, itchio took down NSFW and a lot of queer content overnight. They did this with no warning or announcement, no emails, nothing. Their statement blames Collective Shout, the same people who went after Steam, for pressuring the payment processors.

Well. Let's pressure the bastards back.

List of starting points:

Some starting points on how to organize against payment processor censorship (in the US): * Contact your local politicians * Contact the AC

This person is filing a complaint with the Australian Consumer Commission:

HELLO COMRADES Could anyone affected by Itch removing items please send any evidence they may have to myself? I am filing a report with the

Phone numbers:

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

Alternative Mastercard numbers:

Mastercard (Aus): 1800-120-113

Mastercard (US): 1-800-307-7309

Mastercard (UK): 0800-96-4767

Websites:

Mastercard:

https://www.mastercard.com/global/en/vision/who-we-are/global-locations.html

https://www.mastercard.com/us/en/personal/get-support.html

Visa:

https://investor.visa.com/corporate-governance/contact-the-board/default.aspx

https://usa.visa.com/Forms/contact-us-form.html

Remember: don't be an asshole to rank and file employees. Don't yell, swear, or threaten. You're mad at the corporate heads, not the normies. Be firm but polite in all messages you leave, no matter where they are.

If you have any other links or ideas, please reblog with them! We're all in this together. If you're queer, remember that you're pornographic to them by default. They will come for you, so strike now while we can!

theinstagrahame

Some stuff you can say (I wouldn't copy/paste verbatim, but find ways to put these points into your own words):

I am seriously considering canceling my card.

MasterCard/Visa/Paypal has no right to dictate what legal goods or services I can and cannot purchase.

Adult and erotic content is legal for purchase. There is no law that I am violating.

If payment processors ban sales of this otherwise legal content, it will cease to be available. Putting MasterCard/Paypal/Visa in the position of censoring this content and risking a First Amendment violation.

The ACLU has begun a petition with around 100,000 signatures demanding that MasterCard end their policy. (maybe check for updated numbers before sending this one.)

A ban on adult content will ultimately harm queer and marginalized creators, and MasterCard/Visa/Paypal is complicit in that by forcing this issue.

Many of the reports about the games currently being delisted from Steam and Itch have been exaggerated or presented in bad faith. The group responsible for those reports are mass-reporting without reviewing the content themselves.

The lack of due process or fact-checking that went into this process is shocking. The activist group claiming responsibility has a history of nuisance reporting, and should not be trusted.

I do not have children, and am 18 or older; what I purchase is my business. (Alternately something like: "I am purchasing these items for use on a device that children cannot access" or "that I have password protected to prevent my children from accessing")

I am deeply concerned about MasterCard/Visa/Paypal's handling of this situation, and the lack of vetting and research that has gone into strong-arming how other companies do business.

thaumbody

Adding the url for the ACLU petition:

Mastercard's new policy unfairly targets the adult content industry, making sex workers more vulnerable, especially Black trans women. It mu

By the way, after you sign, if you do that is, you will be taken to a page asking for a donation. The donation can be made using your credit card, of course. So MasterCard and Visa will know you signed, and you donated.