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a cartoon character is flying through the air while holding a large ball
Alt: animation of Goku creating a spirit bomb, also,
for the vision-impaired:
ON THE MATTER OF ENCROACHING FUNDAMENTALISTS:
On July 24th, at roughly 4:00 am CET, videogame/TTRPG/literature storefront itch.io found itself pressured into delisting numerous NSFW works by payment processors VISA and MASTERCARD - themselves acting on behalf of an Australian christofascist organization known as "Collective Shout". On July 19th, this very same group also attacked Steam.
It is notable that they have achieved this result by, ostensibly, being very annoying on the telephone circa 1000 times. This is notable because there's more than 1000 of us our here - so, why not be annoying in return just to see what happens?
Here's some useful contact information to do just that:
Email Addresses:
VISA SUPPORT: askvisa@visa.com
Mastercard SUPPORT: b2b.mastercard.com/contact-us/
PHONE NUMBERS:
VISA HQ: (650) 432-3200
Mastercard HQ: (914) 249 - 2000
SAMPLE SCRIPT:
"Hello, my name is [INSERT NAME], and I would like to file a complaint. I find it troubling that [Mastercard / Visa] is blocking content on [Itch.io / Steam] and making it difficult for me to make entirely legal purchases. I am going to stop using [Mastercard / Visa] if this isn't rescinded and fixed."
