Huge thank you to @ainmhicon.ie for such a fun first con (for them & me)!

Germany has joined the opposing nations! Thats 8 total now! The preliminary vote is being done TOMORROW sept 12th. The main vote is on october 18th, but everyone in the EU should especially yell at their representatives TODAY to see if we can secure any last minute opposition before prelim!

Dieselbrain@dieselbrain.bsky.social · last yr.

Reminder that the EU still wants to instate chat control and scan ALL of your private messages! We're up to 7 nations officially opposing chat control! Use the link below to contact your nation's representatives and tell them you want NO chat control! fightchatcontrol.eu#member-states

I simply cannot stress it enough. You cannot sit this out. They are coming for EVERYTHING. No media, no creators are safe under these policies. They want us poor, they want us criminalized, they want us disenfranchised. Call paypros. Call your reps. Do SOMETHING.

DCS 🔞@darkchibishadow.bsky.social · last yr.

Woke up to quite the update on this. I had been in contact with Payment Cloud about getting their service and they waited until now to hit me with the image below. Again, stringing me along instead of being upfront. They had seen my website multiple times before this.

stop-paypros.neocities.org#contactinfo

Stop payment processors from censoring games!

stop-paypros.neocities.org

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

Dieselbrain@dieselbrain.bsky.social · last yr.

CANADA, UK, AUSTRALIA!! y'all all have official petitions targetting paypros censorship! IF YOU LIVE IN THESE COUNTRIES, SHARE THESE AROUND AND SIGN THEM ASAP. And verify by email! CAN www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en... UK petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73... AUS www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/...

If you didn't care about the porn ban before, you need to now. Because they're banning fucking cat ears. Cat. Ears. CAT EARS. C A T E A R S

DCS 🔞@darkchibishadow.bsky.social · last yr.

Woke up to quite the update on this. I had been in contact with Payment Cloud about getting their service and they waited until now to hit me with the image below. Again, stringing me along instead of being upfront. They had seen my website multiple times before this.

DON'T stop calling but DO stop listing what the payment is for, if that was a thing you're doing *wearily* don't ask don't tell is back, and it's for everything now

This is why you cannot let them win once, after that they become obsessed with censoring and controlling everything to the point you cannot even negotiate.

Oh, oh I -like- this. If you want to switch gears on hassling the Payment Processors, take a page out of the (American) insurance industry by being a 'diligent customer' and calling the company ahead of time to confirm Prior Authorization. Be polite, but very confused when they insist you stop. 😇

Bucky@yetanotherbucky.bsky.social · last yr.

Make sure to call Visa before making any purchase and ask if it would bring them disrepute, just to be safe.

Outcry grows after multiple trans users were targeted for mild criticisms of the anti-trans billionaire.

Bluesky silenced trans voices over J.K. Rowling, here’s why

Outcry grows after multiple trans users were targeted for mild criticisms of the anti-trans billionaire.

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This is why you keep at these motherfuckers with your calls. Do. Not. Stop.

Since MB doesn't seem active on here and it's worth seeing a crosspost

Mastercard, Visa and Paypal can excuse an unsafe website like Roblox, which is aimed at children and is suing people who collaborate with authorities to arrest predators but they draw the line when Steam doesn't want to remove adult games that don't pretend to glorify some topics

THIS IS NOT THE TIME TO STOP!! We are winning, but we have not won fully!!! Keep calling!! stop-paypros.neocities.org

Stop payment processors from censoring games!

stop-paypros.neocities.org

Ofcom says that if you refuse to censor yourself under the Online Safety Act, it will force payment processors and ISPs to stop doing business with you. When the government can't shut you up, the banks and credit cards will. Absolutely terrifying. www.ofcom.org.uk/siteassets/r...

if you are a COMMISSIONER/customer of NSFW content, or if you are a SFW creator, this is your chance to to really have our back with regard to Paypal specifically

the haver of it🔞@taylortitmouse.bsky.social · last yr.

i for one have left several voicemails for stripe, because i don't use it as an individual merchant. but i don't feel as confident calling paypal from the phone number associated with my account. if you're not a seller, you can make a big impact for those of us who are!

NCOSE is an anti-porn, Christian morality group that used to be known as Morality in Media. They have campaigned against gay marriage and sex ed. They published an article called "Connecting the Dots: The Line Between Gay Marriage and Mass Murders". So yeah...anyway, KEEP CALLING PAYMENT PROCESSORS!

MasterCard CLAIMS they are fine with any legal game being sold, but they are secretly forcing censorship of legal games through intermediaries. If MasterCard wants to pretend they aren't for censorship, they need to change rule 5.12.7. (Source: GameDeveloper.com)

When politicians pass laws restricting "pornography," this is what they actually restrict: video games romantasy drag sex education healthcare LGBTQ+ sites young adult novels sexual assault resources dating apps contraception social media Wikipedia wifi access

Blocking Access to Harmful Content Will Not Protect Children Online, No Matter How Many Times UK Politicians Say So

The UK is having a moment. In late July, new rules took effect that require all online services available in the UK to assess whether they host content considered harmful to children, and if so, these services must introduce age checks to prevent children from accessing such content. Online...

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I cannot describe how fucking happy it makes me seeing journalists just pointing out that they're lying. Once again, if you're calling, bringing up these articles as why you're calling is a VERY good idea. Why are they lying? Why are they refusing to process legal transactions?

Don't stop now, if you haven't called, Visa, PayPal and/or Stripe, make some time to do so! We can't stop just as we're getting results from this! We can do it 🔥🔥🔥

Hey, it would mean so much to me if y'all kept up the pressure with phone calls to payment processors to show to them how much people care and that they can't just ignore it—my livelihood depends on adult games not being censored! You can find info and phone scripts here: stop-paypros.neocities.org

Stop payment processors from censoring games!

stop-paypros.neocities.org

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