Mastercard and Visa Under Fire As Petition For Payment Giants To 'Not Police' Legal Content Blows Up
Mastercard and Visa, two of the biggest financial gateways globally, are in the line of fire following an online petition asking these companies to 'stop policing' and censoring legal adult-oriented fictional content.
The petition also addresses that the movement to this so-called 'massive content censoring' has been promoted by the 'Collective Shout', an Australian feminist group, which has called for removing games online which 'promote rape and incest'.
In a now-popular Change.org petition, it was stated that MasterCard and Visa should stop censoring legal fictional entertainment due to pressure from advocacy groups like 'Collective Shout', which aims to push so-called 'moral agendas.'
Moreover, the petition added that these payment processors are 'hypocritically' cracking down on legal books, games, films, and artwork that offend certain sensibilities, while ignoring credible reports of real abuse on other platforms.
'Adults are capable of choosing what they want to watch, read, or play. If someone doesn't like a certain type of entertainment, the solution is simple: walk away. Nobody is forced to engage with content they find offensive — but they have no right to dictate what others are allowed to enjoy, especially when it's within the bounds of the law,' the petition stated.
