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💳 Who should decide what content is acceptable online? Banks?

In TRANSACTION DENIED, author Rainey Reitman joins Annalee Newitz to discuss why content moderation decisions shouldn't be made by financial institutions. 💵💷💴

As banks, payment processors, and credit card networks gain influence over who can participate online, questions of speech become questions of financial power. ⚖️

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https://futureknowledge.transistor.fm/episodes/transaction-denied

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Jun 17 at 10:02pmWeb
Show threadSamJun 17
@internetarchive @annaleen the people, that's who should decide what is acceptable. It's what we do across the Fediverse and that works pretty well.
Show threadMistherFrenchFriesJun 18
@internetarchive @annaleen Technology and Finance have been as integrated as writing and Finance. Always. And we must always do better.
Show threadBookShelves eBook ReaderJun 18
This is such an important conversation. Financial gatekeeping of content is one more reason open access and DRM-free distribution matter. Looking forward to reading this one.