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Mastercard and Visa face backlash after hundreds of adult games removed from online stores Steam and Itch.io (www.theguardian.com)
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Collective Shout, a small but vocal lobby group, has long called for a mandatory internet filter that would prevent access to adult content for everyone in Australia. Its director, Melinda Tankard Reist, was recently appointed to the stakeholder advisory board for the government’s age assurance technology trial before the under-16s social media ban comes into effect in Australia in December.

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[–] n1ck_n4m3@lemmy.world 37 points 3 days ago (2 children)

"Face backlash" = about 160,000 people signed a petition saying they disagreed with it, then went about their daily lives and totally, 100% without a doubt continued using their Visa or Mastercard credit cards.

They don't care, there are no alternatives. They can do whatever they want.

[–] seralth@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

I switched all my master and visa cards to amex, canceled a visa card and the only have my debit as visa now because my credit union ONLY offers visa for debit

[–] ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Exactly. We need thousands of people calling them non stop disturbing them for hours on end, not just signing petitions.

[–] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

You mean like exactly what's been happening over the past few days?

[–] Auntievenim@lemmy.world 0 points 2 days ago

Right, the actual solution is everyone taking their money out of the bank on the same day