The Secret War To Censor The Internet

The Secret War To Censor The Internet

Recent Lextorias video explains how a 2018 FOSTA-SESTA law amended protections to the Communications Decency Act, and immediately opened the flood gates for targeted harassment of payment processors for adult content censorship.

  • Obinice@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Ah, this isn’t talking about the big war on adult content in the UK right now that’s across all the headlines. Just for those who wanted to see more on that. This is foreign stuff.

    • magnetichuman@fedia.io
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      This affects anyone who relies on American payment processors (Visa, Mastercard, PayPal), so is very much a global issue.