Mastercard’s ties to the esports world have led to more evidence of censorship. A source leaked messages from the Riot Games sponsor to livestream channels during the Valorant Champions Tour. The payment processor asked moderators to delete messages accusing it of forcing the ban of Steam games.
      • JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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        1 day ago

        Yeah, Stripe is the reason itch.io had to pull all paid NSFW games.

        However, it isn’t exactly their fault, either:

        We spoke with Stripe yesterday about their content policies. They confirmed that they will not be able to support adult content that fits the following definition: “content designed for sexual gratification.” Stripe asked us to pass along the following message to our users:

        “Stripe is currently unable to support sexually explicit content due to restrictions placed on them by their banking partners, despite card networks generally supporting adult content (with the appropriate registrations). Stripe has indicated that they hope to be able to support adult content in the future.”

        • arararagi@ani.socialEnglish
          12·
          1 day ago

          This is why it’s so hard to fight this, every company blames another one but never by name, I’m sure it’s by design

    • MashedTech@lemmy.worldEnglish
      10·
      1 day ago

      Stripe is a payment processor. It has different payment methods it supports. Which are MasterCard and Visa. But it does also support(if you can use it and the merchant accepts it): Giro card, other card options, Revolut Pay and other options. Those avoid the MasterCard, Visa ecosystem.

      Regardless, not everyone wants to use or uses Stripe. And it’s a bad thing for everyone to use Stripe just because of their interoperability because that then gives stripe too much power.

      Plus, for a company like Valve, the fees of Stripe would severely affect their revenue.