James Baker
Itch.io has had to shadow ban all erotic and NSFW content after pressure from payment providers https://itch.io/updates/update-on-nsfw-content . Payment providers are increasingly become censors of content raising issues around neutrality of banking and payment systems. #censorship #visa #mastercard
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Show threadKevin Karhan Jul 24, 2025

@JamesBaker and the fact that sites do lick their boots instead of adoping #Monero is empowering them.

Show threadCyberFrogJul 24, 2025
@kkarhan @JamesBaker VISA and Mastercard (as well as several banks) won't process transactions associated with Monero either

entire cryptocurrency exchanges delist it because of this, so even if they adopted monero, the payment providers would just prevent consumers from buying it (which they do in many regions already)
Show threadJames BakerJul 24, 2025
@froge @kkarhan The EU ban on privacy coins is coming in 2027. I’m convinced they just want total control of people’s transactions!
Show threadKevin Karhan Jul 24, 2025

@JamesBaker @froge #SourcesOrDidntHappen!

https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/114908033083247772

Kevin Karhan :verified: (@[email protected])

@[email protected] @[email protected] depends… There are some like https://nowpayments.io & https://changenow.io that do facilitate direct exchange of #Monero back and forth into fiat and fiat payouts too. - The stranglehold of the *"big 4 payment systems"* needs to be broken and the sooner and more decisevely it happens the less painful and costly it'll be!

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Show threadKevin Karhan Jul 24, 2025

@froge @JamesBaker depends…

There are some like https://nowpayments.io & https://changenow.io that do facilitate direct exchange of #Monero back and forth into fiat and fiat payouts too.

  • The stranglehold of the "big 4 payment systems" needs to be broken and the sooner and more decisevely it happens the less painful and costly it'll be!
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Show threadJames BakerJul 24, 2025
@kkarhan Yea problem is authorities have Monroe and privacy coins in their crosshairs https://www.cpomagazine.com/data-privacy/eu-looks-to-ban-privacy-coins-and-anonymous-crypto-accounts-by-2027/ in afraid we are heading to a future of total financial surveillance which is then used to control what can and can’t be purchased or traded
Show threadKevin Karhan Jul 24, 2025

@JamesBaker which is to say is just absurd and will only push for faster adoption of #Monero.

Besides, the #EU can only regulate businesses and individuals within it's borders, so if businesses outsorce that to others they never got their hands on privacy coins...

https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/114908033083247772

Kevin Karhan :verified: (@[email protected])

@[email protected] @[email protected] depends… There are some like https://nowpayments.io & https://changenow.io that do facilitate direct exchange of #Monero back and forth into fiat and fiat payouts too. - The stranglehold of the *"big 4 payment systems"* needs to be broken and the sooner and more decisevely it happens the less painful and costly it'll be!

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Show threadKatt HernandezJul 24, 2025
@JamesBaker Some years ago when paypal started doing this, there were lists of alternative, non-censoring payment providers circulating ... are there any now?