And they should speak openly about these attacks and expose the identities behind it, they want to hurt Japan's economy so it becomes more easy to infiltrate and spread the agenda, this is economic warfare.
This is the very first impression the UN is leaving on entire generations worth of people. Even those who foolishly support their antics for the time being will at some point grow up and realise what a waste of resources this UN-Campaign is The point I'm trying to make is, the UN just thoroughly screwed their reputation for two generations of people, if not even more lol
To be fair, the UN is too powerless to solve any actual problems. However, you do NOT want to give them that power, because they would use it to cause more harm than good.
@@sebastiangibson9671it’s literally no different than spending it on alcohol or cigs. Yet it’s fine to let people buy products that hurt themselves physically?
@@sebastiangibson9671I know right? There's at least 1 major war and 1 Genos of all Cides happening but no, Anime Tiddies is where the problem should be focused on. The UN is a joke
There is JCB which has always been a viable alternative and has been historically the main japanese processor. This mostly affects international users.@@scarlet_phonavis6734
This situation is quite similar to how advertisers were convinced that, by a given commercial being played during your program, the advertiser was directly advocating for whatever content was within your program. So, it suddenly became necessary for advertisers to demand that their commercials not be played during "certain" programs, otherwise what you were watching could hurt their brand. (In other words, it was a form of cancel culture against programs that had been deemed "unsavoury" or in need of restriction.)
we should let them suffer the consequences of their own actions: if they want to make less money by making their cards worse, they can be my guests. a different company will arise to provide these services
The only thing where I could partially understand it is how a lot of adult video content produced in Japan is also done so under pressure (for example women being exploited by the mafia and forced to create content to pay off debts). But in all fairness, that one also applies to western stuff in the respective industry (less mafia and more exploitation, ignoring contracts/not setting them up in the first place etc.). Ultimately, though, that shouldn't be an issue handled by visa or other companies and so long as its legal and people don't know better/don't care about the amount of actual consent, they shouldn't take it up on themselves to ban people from purchasing said content.
@@Windmelodie More importantly, what you described is _video recordings of actual human actors._ But instead of addressing those actual black market problems (or just leaving actual crimes to law enforcement when necessary), _a credit card duopoly_ is going after the anime and manga industries in toto. And why would these megacorporations do this? Allegedly, because independent citizens in free nations legally draw (and sometimes sell) erotic fanart of IP characters amongst themselves (and almost exclusively on the down-low) using their services. I find it ironic, in that if Mastercard/Visa bothered to actually speak to the anime/manga industry rather than threatening them, they'd realize those industries saw in unsolvability of this "problem" decades ago. Such artists and their customers operate at too small an economic scale for the IP-holders to bother suing for copyright infringement. Doing so would only bring unwanted/embarrassing public scrutiny to everyone involved, waste money, needlessly destroy reputations over people indulging in guilty pleasures behind closed doors, not actually reduce/prevent RL sexual crimes in any way, etc. Moreover, it stretches credulity to the breaking point that these payment processors aren't already aware of these extenuating factors. The reasoning they give doesn't pass the stink test. And I doubt the algorithm would allow me to elaborate further on what their true motives seem to be (TL;DR this is part of something far bigger).
@@Windmelodie Previous comment deleted. Editing, breaking up by paragraph... More importantly, what you described is _video recordings of actual human actors._ But instead of addressing those actual black market problems (or just leaving actual crimes to law enforcement when necessary), _a credit card duopoly_ is going after the anime and manga industries in toto. And why would these megacorporations do this? Allegedly, because independent citizens in free nations legally draw (and sometimes sell) erotic fanart of IP characters amongst themselves (and almost exclusively on the down-low) using their services.
@@Windmelodie I find it ironic, in that if Mastercard/Visa bothered to actually speak to the anime/manga industry rather than threatening them, they'd realize those industries saw the unsolvability of this "problem" decades ago. Such artists and their customers operate at too small an economic scale for the IP-holders to bother suing for copyright infringement. Doing so would only bring unwanted/embarrassing public scrutiny to everyone involved, waste money, needlessly destroy reputations over people indulging in *perfectly legal* guilty pleasures behind closed doors, not actually reduce/prevent RL sexual crimes in any way, etc. Moreover, it stretches credulity to the breaking point that these payment processors aren't already aware of these extenuating factors.
Visa and Mastercard aren't 'brands,' they're services. The only image they need to protect is the one where they're competent at doing their jobs, which is apparently something they no longer want to do. Who let the idiots get to the top and start running these companies? Because it looks like the only way they're running them, is into the ground.
@@hafirenggayudaNo they arent. They are even quoted in the video claiming that this was their own decision because they didnt want their "brand" associated with these Japanese businesses. Mind you, no-one made that association until they forced the issue and thats because payment processors are a service, not a brand. They're completely off base and lying about the reasons. Its not about their reputation, its about exercising control over who can conduct business in order to force social change. This isnt even new. They've been doing this to people all over the world for years now. I still remember when they did it to Sargon of Akkad just for voicing opinions they didnt like.
dont forget, Blackrock also got some "investments" with Visa and Mastercard... they can pull the plug out of their investment and spread that the payment processors are "bad investment" for other investors. shame that they support the crazies and the biggest supporter of UN ESG/BRIDGE policy as they(blackrock) want to push DEI/ESG/BRIDGE and shove it into everyone orifices till we're brainwashed ala 1984.
Revelation 13:16-17: And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads; And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
This is how it started with games back in 2013/2014, and then they complained that gamers should not gatekeep. GATEKEEP HARDER JAPAN! you can see the result of letting tourists inside your hobby by looking at the west.
Yes It's in the roadmap, you see? -Stifle the giant of 'harmful' contents, make them poor! -Provide funding, with ESG compliance scorings (this did very well in very first nation) -enjoy the shift of media culture, the population culture will soon follow
They want you to look, think, and experience only their vision of reality. I don't really think it's been working out for them so well considering the entertainment backlash, and well, Trump. but they've been continuing like nothing has changed. They'll take whatever ground they can, and I hope Japan really fights back and at least gets support from the US in the coming years.
Everything will be Southern California. Diversity of thought and culture are not allowed. Southern Californian values and customs are the only acceptable way to be. But hey, at least we get media without white people, right?
I dont get when people downplay depicted child abuse as "Art culture". humans used to do horrendous things in the past as their "culture" aka. not all cultures are good. generalizing all culture as the same is ignorant
I wouldn't want to support olicon art either, its hella weird. Why are people hating on visa its their brand dont get mad when they dont support nasty stuff
Payment processors should not have the right to refuse any legal purchases. You are not just a "company" or a "brand", you serve a vital function of commerce, you have made people reliant on you, and as such you should be required to process payments.
@@sebastiangibson9671 Nah. VISA and Mastercard are essential services, they're not average businesses (they make up over 90% of all payment processing), exceptions are needed for them or abuse like this happens. Utopian "one size fit all" ideals like that are fine in theory but isn't realistic and trying to force it to stick only prevents solutions from fixing the problems we have. Edit: Wording.
@@gogetters6639 cool Its their Choice I dont Care The goverment shouldnt be allowed to introduce restrictions on CCC since once that power is given whats going to guranteee they wont abuse it? also P is objectively a net negitvie in society its one of the few industries Where a large chunk of People Die each Year To themselves
It's much like how platforms censoring political speech is a private business doing what it "has the right to do." Internet social media platforms have eclipsed and supplanted the public square and commons, giving these corporations undue control over speech. Same goes with payment processors.
@@sebastiangibson9671When you are a monopoly it's correct for the state to force you to do things. Otherwise the monopoly would simply do what it wants, regardless of law. Only a strong state can prevent a free market from collapsing in on itself due to monopolization.
I mean, the guy who invented Bitcoin and made the first decentralized blockchain is named Satoshi Nakamoto. After reading about Japan's banks, it's not that surprising lmao.
Serious world problems: *exist* United Nations: "I sleep." Japan: *making anime* United Nations: "Now that's an Avengers-level threat that needs to be stopped!"
>Avengers Even funnier when you learn the history of the namesake (Nakam). The UN (glorified meme) has jobbed to JP before (Miura slapped fire last time).
You can use a proxy service. They'll act as a middle man and buy the goods for you and ship them to you for a fee. While I agree it shouldn't be necessary, it's an easy way to get around credit card companies, and their recent puritan views of Japanese content. That or get a JCB card, but that will be very hard unless you're in Asia.
Maybe the UN should focus on dealing with their little uh...actual little one traveling service ordeal? Good grief I hate the algorithm making me have to not say what it is.
Such is the state of YT that a bot will make you obfuscate to silly degrees. Very much like dealing with those that control it. As for what you refer to, the UN is in on that. If that bunch had controlling stakes in this market, they would take no issue. Indecency has never been a problem for these types. Just power.
Who cares about those when those pesky artists are making fictional content involving fictional characters which doesn't hurt anybody in the least? Get your priorities straight, bigot!
Its funny how the UN and many people hate japan anime when stuff like South park, big mouth and euphoria (even tho its adults, its still weird its them playing as teens and doing "stuff") shows gross stuff and lastly how the middle east was on the news last week because woman there are losing their rights. But apparently anime is the big problem?!?!!!
@@thiscat567I'd say it's about Israel breaking so many laws and STILL receiving weapons and not being embargoed while the same European countries want to starve Japan of money when they too produce adult content
The amount of actual tragic and horrendous shit that is going on in the world that the UN could take action upon is staggering. But no. Cartoon titties is serious cause for concern.
How are they completly fine with OF girls promoting their content to kids through yt shorts, tiktok and instagram reels but ecchi anime is somehow DeGrAdInG tO wOmEn
its cause they decided thats okay becuase they like it But becuase men like the other thing even though it doesnt cause women to "kill themselves" but aparently that doesnt matter to the shills
"The content you're trying to purchase contains premarital handholding. In order to 'protect the brand' we have refused payment processing." - Visa, probably soon
Soooo, to put it simply, the UN which is probably made up of simps and women who either flicked the bean or sucked someone off, is trying to censor our hobbies, but turn a blind when it comes to corn or OF, and yet they said that anime and Japanese games are a threat to WAHMEN, even though most anime and Japanese games don’t show any threat or degradation to women despite the fact that corn and OF does.😤 Mann, that double standard is crazy. MAKE THIS MAKE SENSE!!!!
I'll take the UN's concerns of adult or inappropriate content and culture for Japan more seriously when their 10K+ cases of sexual misconduct/assault allegations by their own people is resolved 1st.
You know? It all started with that Vice (iirc) Mockumentary about manga/anime industry that won an award. Then recently someone went liebermann said Japanese R34 is harmful to women.
There's no legal declaration of war from either side so they can't classify it as a war crime, unfortunately. A hate crime, though? Yes, it's clearly a discriminatory business practice motivated by hatred based on nationality and/or ethnicity. There's no way to back up the idea that there's a valid and practical reason for the discrimination because it actually _harms_ their brand image, contrary to what they claim.
This has to be illegal in some country. A company should not have the power to force an individual to spend their money or, in this case, not spend their money.
Uh they should cause then Its the goverment forcing them to do something they disagree with Like How some people should be allowed to refuse service if they disagree
@@sebastiangibson9671 if a company is open to the public - it's open to the public. It shouldn't have a legal right to discriminate against its customers for any reason whatsoever.
@@sebastiangibson9671 not when said business is a monopoly on an essential service. what if your employer decided to stop paying you, because they disagree with something you do in your personal life (eg, maybe you're a furry cosplayer)? would that, too, be okay?
Scigen in our journals, over representation of caucasian female authors, drag queens in our libraries, archives under attack, translations mangled with french, school illiteracy. Now these digital libraries besieged. When do you think they will strike the death blow?
As long as its legal, these companies should not be telling anyone what to do with their money or how people make their money. Do you hire a chef to do your plumbing and electrical work? No, you hire plumbers and electricians. Card companies need to stay in their lane. Japan just needs to tell UN (and USA) to "eff off and go eff themselves" I mean, they need to say those exact words. If they can't say, I'll say it for them. Instead of focusing on nonsense like fiction and entertainment, why doesn't the UN actually focus on real issues in the world? Hmmm? Oh wait, that actually requires effort and the ability to live in the real world. This is very much 1930s Germany and the ones demanding we learn history never learn a single thing.
It's not about the drawing, it's about censorship. Censorship hinders information, news and survey databases. Controlling the media is on every tyrant's checklist
Sounds to me like they couldn't catch enough pirates, so targeted "adult content" in hopes to catch pirates. *Of course, credit card companies didn't expect to catch lewd artists in the crossfire.*
Because the mafia latches on anything that becomes mainstream to asume control and make money of off it. Popularity of anime has grown so much they can no longer ignore its cultural impact, same with gaming. I mean you know its bad when even the pope is selling anime figures...
I said this earlier about people whining about jiggle physics in games, when there is actual human trafficking going on. But that would require, you know, actual WORK.... so they choose to make an issue out of nothing because it's easy.
Why is nobody mentioning that the UN had been doing this a few years back, and then got ousted for massive child abuse & grape during their UN peace missions and humanitary aid. Never let people forget this.
By restricting what they allow their payment processor to be used for like this, it makes it look like they endorse everything their payment processor is used for. Nobody was thinking less about their "brand" because people could use it to pay for things that some people might find offensive, everybody understands that to pay for things online you need a payment processor, regardless of what that is. It's just an excuse for these payment processing companies to push BlackRock's agenda.
what's funny is them allowing adult content to be purchased has no bearing on their reputation or company, HOWEVER blocking processing of payments for that stuff very much plummets their reputation its literally a system that no one pays any attention to existing, until it pisses them off to start complaining and destroying its reputation, corporations are seriously getting dumber
1. Japan isn't the only place where Rule 34 comes from. 2. Drawings, 3D renderings, and animated erotica *_are not actually people IRL._* 3. Penalizing Japan for a grassroots cottage industry would accomplish very little, as perverts with niche tastes will find avenues outside of Japan to scratch their particular itches. 4. Many people can, have, and will draw their own. 5. Logistically, there's no reasonable way to stop or enforce that even if was made illegal. 6. The countries where this ban _might_ work are the type that _already_ forbid all forms of pornography (along with a lot of other, far tamer things), which would make such a ban redundant. 7. Even if this _could_ be done, why bother? Why try? What would such a ridiculous ban accomplish, especially for what amount to drawings or jpegs (ie *_not real)_* in the end? 8. And why are the anime and manga industries as a whole being punished for the actions of customers and third party individuals making the meagerest of profits (if any) off of what is functionally fanart (and therefore legal/tacitly uncontrollable) of established IPs which were clearly made for private use _explicitly without exposure to children in mind?_
I think every nation should pass laws that categorize payment processors as utilities, which aren't allowed to discriminate against anyone for any reason. They should be required to have a court order to block access to anyone. They've changed the world to insert themselves into nearly every financial exchange, so they cannot be permitted to hold any reins over those exchanges. That's not their job, nor their right.
Here in Russia, that's how it works for every business. If you are open to the public - you are open to the public, you don't get to decide who can do business with you. It has some funny consequences, like dress-code for customers in a restaurant being illegal to enforce, or it being illegal for a cinema to kick you out for bringing your own food.
The corpo claims that they have a policy to make their service useable on legal things as much as possible and in the same breath directly contradicts that. Why bother with the lie at the start to begin with? "Is this a declaration of war?" Effectively, yes.
Aren't online purchases pretty much private? Like, only the credit card company, the bank, the seller, and the consumer can see the purchases? So the protecting the brand thing is pretty dumb.
So our payment processors have control over what we spend our money on and that outreaches anything regarding illegal materials or having security checking in the case of theft, they actually just get to decide when we don't get something we want to pay for. That's... I think more people need to know that they have that kind of authority because I think that needs to come under review. The fact that it's being used to bully an industry that should be thriving right now is also something that really needs to be talked about.
It's going to get worse when they implement digital currencies. They'll have even more control over what we spend our money on. And because people are looking for more convenience this is a pretty good chance that'll go through soon enough.
The "protective brand" excuse is complete and utter BS. This has nothing to do with their "brand". If it was such a problem they would have done this years ago. The only reason they're doing this is because the UN told them to and since Japan is in an economically weakened state they figured that now was the best time to strike.
It should be made illegal for a payment processor to ban use cases of their services, so long as the use cases are legal. I hope the people who are pointlessly damaging a multi-billion dollar industry get properly sanctioned for their stupid actions. All they are doing is pushing completely legal activities underground.
Friendly reminder that the UN has gotten into trouble in multiple countries like Haiti, Kosovo and Sudan over trading food and blankets for relations with women and children. So the old adage proves true: the harder they go against cartoons, the more they like the real thing.
It's not just in Japan, payment processors like Visa and Mastercard are refusing more and more to make business with companies that sell adult content. Take Kagura Games for example, a western publisher and localizer for Japanese eroge. They don't even have any explicit tags for their games and don't show any nudity on screenshots on their webstore and still the credit card companies suddenly refused to process any more payments for their games and now the only payment option left is PayPal, which is not available in all countries.
This is what my friend said regarding this matter: "I have heard about these things, but what can we really do sadly the UN like most other organizations in the world are just there to achieve certain agendas and goals for the big countries like America for example I'm from Egypt, right know the current government and president is from a military coup the current economic situation is really bad and is going to be worth over time, when some people tried to talk about it they have been tortured, imprisoned and some we even know where they disappeared, all the human rights organizations have been silenced about these things by America in exchange for Egypt to not do anything about the situation in Gaza and other things In reality all world organizations are there to achieve certain agendas and that's they most of the time don't care about helping people especially the UN or focus on things nobody is asking for like Japan and Japanese media the only escape people have from every thing I decided to stay away from politics and enjoy my life as much as I can, even then I can't watch anime in peace 😂 I hope Japanese media doesn't change it is one of the few things that is there only for enjoyment without propaganda and politics."
That's expected from the we don't get to hear about these things most of the time unless someone has a friend or something, imagine what else human rights organizations have been used to while we most likely will never know
@@phantom54000 True, before I posted this I asked for permission, then he just said the same thing: "of course! do as you want(no reference needed unless you want to go ahead and do it), more people need to know about these things, alot of the time people don't get to know these things unless they know someone form that specific country or location because most of the general media is just another agent for governments." Edit: then I agree people need to know about the truth.
they've been getting more and more restrictive on nsfw in the west too. a few writers on patreon have had works taken down and it stems from payment processiors.
u know what funny? UN was appeared in the anime like Evangelion, and they now trying to banned anime. is that how they repay Japan for they free shoutout? i know is that is kind of a strech but seriously, UN should focused on some thing real, like solving world hunger or stopping the war. as of the VISA thing, i get it they trying to stop the distribution of Cornography, but they seem to treating the fictional like doujin as a Corn as well, which is pretty stupid imo.
Why even have anti trust laws when a few companies with total market dominance can act in unison to disrupt and prevent legal commerce? How have they not been broken up or fined out of business?
That president of the Japanese visa branch saying he’s trying to “protect the brand” while doing something that damages it a whole lot more is rather ironic
The Problem with these credit card companies is that all of them have some old guys at the top who see everything anime as underage pornography no matter what. The same thing happened on Playstation and to a certain degree(depending on the person in charge) steam. These people can't wrap their head around the fact that these are fictional characters so they have to ban all of this to protect these fictional characters rights or some BS! Thankfully quite a few of these japanese sites have decided to fight back and just simplay disable Visa and Mastercard as payment methods.
If a payment processor refuses a payment that is otherwise legal, it will be replaced with a new payment processor that will allow it Free market at work, so long as Japan doesn’t cave
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Master manipulatah. Respect.
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Japan has the right to defend its culture and traditions.
Yes exactly
And they should speak openly about these attacks and expose the identities behind it, they want to hurt Japan's economy so it becomes more easy to infiltrate and spread the agenda, this is economic warfare.
This one i agree compare the other one that says similar thing
I would go as far to say that they have a moral obligation to do so.
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Maybe the UN should concentrate on the possible wars instead on this?
Not possible. Ongoing.
For real. Like WTF is the UN doing? This just makes them look like a weird Karen.
I think war is out of their league, n now they r attacking the ones that they think they can cancel
They're already going on it, just not the way people expect
This is the very first impression the UN is leaving on entire generations worth of people.
Even those who foolishly support their antics for the time being will at some point grow up and realise what a waste of resources this UN-Campaign is
The point I'm trying to make is, the UN just thoroughly screwed their reputation for two generations of people, if not even more lol
Solving world problems
UN: No
Upset at Japanese culture
UN: Yes
Yeah basically built like twtterUsers
@@Just_a_guy_who_likes_stuff and blue sky users
To be fair, the UN is too powerless to solve any actual problems. However, you do NOT want to give them that power, because they would use it to cause more harm than good.
Creating world problems
UN: Yes
@Fulgore2005 Also this
The UN when there's a literal war:
The UN when adults spend their money on adult content:
Tbf Adult content Makes a loooooooot of issues and Genrally ruins alot of Lives so it is an issue but of all the issues why this?
This is all just European puritanism rearing its ugly head once again.
@@sebastiangibson9671it’s literally no different than spending it on alcohol or cigs. Yet it’s fine to let people buy products that hurt themselves physically?
@@sebastiangibson9671I know right? There's at least 1 major war and 1 Genos of all Cides happening but no, Anime Tiddies is where the problem should be focused on.
The UN is a joke
@@sebastiangibson9671 Its because among all of the low hanging fruits, this is the only one they can reach.
Japan should start anti-trust investigations into the payment processors.
Surprised they have not yet.
are there even alternatives to Mastercard and Visa that are widely accepted?
@@scarlet_phonavis6734 Widely accepted, I don't think so. I think they're still the big two.
@@scarlet_phonavis6734 nope. PayPal, Mastercard, and Visa have what is known as an "effective monopoly" which is illegal
There is JCB which has always been a viable alternative and has been historically the main japanese processor.
This mostly affects international users.@@scarlet_phonavis6734
as long as it is legal, they should mind their own business instead of blocking how WE spend our money!!
agreed there now acting like Nazi's
@kanavi2 the UN are full of people who say weird Hansen-ese stuff online.
This situation is quite similar to how advertisers were convinced that, by a given commercial being played during your program, the advertiser was directly advocating for whatever content was within your program. So, it suddenly became necessary for advertisers to demand that their commercials not be played during "certain" programs, otherwise what you were watching could hurt their brand. (In other words, it was a form of cancel culture against programs that had been deemed "unsavoury" or in need of restriction.)
"Legality" and "illegality" is just a human construct. "Laws" and morality don't mix. And the UN is a corrupt organization.
we should let them suffer the consequences of their own actions: if they want to make less money by making their cards worse, they can be my guests. a different company will arise to provide these services
They should have no say in any LEGAL activities. This is getting completely out of hand.
The only thing where I could partially understand it is how a lot of adult video content produced in Japan is also done so under pressure (for example women being exploited by the mafia and forced to create content to pay off debts). But in all fairness, that one also applies to western stuff in the respective industry (less mafia and more exploitation, ignoring contracts/not setting them up in the first place etc.). Ultimately, though, that shouldn't be an issue handled by visa or other companies and so long as its legal and people don't know better/don't care about the amount of actual consent, they shouldn't take it up on themselves to ban people from purchasing said content.
And you can bet they were betting the farm on Cackles winning. She probably would have backed the big two immediately if she won.
@@Windmelodie
More importantly, what you described is _video recordings of actual human actors._ But instead of addressing those actual black market problems (or just leaving actual crimes to law enforcement when necessary), _a credit card duopoly_ is going after the anime and manga industries in toto. And why would these megacorporations do this? Allegedly, because independent citizens in free nations legally draw (and sometimes sell) erotic fanart of IP characters amongst themselves (and almost exclusively on the down-low) using their services.
I find it ironic, in that if Mastercard/Visa bothered to actually speak to the anime/manga industry rather than threatening them, they'd realize those industries saw in unsolvability of this "problem" decades ago. Such artists and their customers operate at too small an economic scale for the IP-holders to bother suing for copyright infringement. Doing so would only bring unwanted/embarrassing public scrutiny to everyone involved, waste money, needlessly destroy reputations over people indulging in guilty pleasures behind closed doors, not actually reduce/prevent RL sexual crimes in any way, etc. Moreover, it stretches credulity to the breaking point that these payment processors aren't already aware of these extenuating factors.
The reasoning they give doesn't pass the stink test. And I doubt the algorithm would allow me to elaborate further on what their true motives seem to be (TL;DR this is part of something far bigger).
@@Windmelodie
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More importantly, what you described is _video recordings of actual human actors._ But instead of addressing those actual black market problems (or just leaving actual crimes to law enforcement when necessary), _a credit card duopoly_ is going after the anime and manga industries in toto. And why would these megacorporations do this? Allegedly, because independent citizens in free nations legally draw (and sometimes sell) erotic fanart of IP characters amongst themselves (and almost exclusively on the down-low) using their services.
@@Windmelodie
I find it ironic, in that if Mastercard/Visa bothered to actually speak to the anime/manga industry rather than threatening them, they'd realize those industries saw the unsolvability of this "problem" decades ago. Such artists and their customers operate at too small an economic scale for the IP-holders to bother suing for copyright infringement. Doing so would only bring unwanted/embarrassing public scrutiny to everyone involved, waste money, needlessly destroy reputations over people indulging in *perfectly legal* guilty pleasures behind closed doors, not actually reduce/prevent RL sexual crimes in any way, etc. Moreover, it stretches credulity to the breaking point that these payment processors aren't already aware of these extenuating factors.
Visa and Mastercard aren't 'brands,' they're services. The only image they need to protect is the one where they're competent at doing their jobs, which is apparently something they no longer want to do.
Who let the idiots get to the top and start running these companies? Because it looks like the only way they're running them, is into the ground.
Tbf their hands are tied with various governmental regulation and lawmakers. They're not the one who decide to limiting their service for Japan
@@hafirenggayudaNo they arent. They are even quoted in the video claiming that this was their own decision because they didnt want their "brand" associated with these Japanese businesses. Mind you, no-one made that association until they forced the issue and thats because payment processors are a service, not a brand.
They're completely off base and lying about the reasons. Its not about their reputation, its about exercising control over who can conduct business in order to force social change. This isnt even new. They've been doing this to people all over the world for years now. I still remember when they did it to Sargon of Akkad just for voicing opinions they didnt like.
They took on the ESG Mark of the Beast. And now they and their allies are trying to control and curate *_everything we buy._*
@@hafirenggayuda You dont know jack youre talking about.
dont forget, Blackrock also got some "investments" with Visa and Mastercard...
they can pull the plug out of their investment and spread that the payment processors are "bad investment" for other investors.
shame that they support the crazies and the biggest supporter of UN ESG/BRIDGE policy as they(blackrock) want to push DEI/ESG/BRIDGE and shove it into everyone orifices till we're brainwashed ala 1984.
A credit card company doing this is like the plot of Star Wars the Phantom Menace: where a trade federation tries to block trade
Except at least the federation was threat the credit card companies aren’t especially if the companies of those websites sue
oy vey
The Trade Federation was an accurate representation of the EU. It's actually shocking that it was accurate down to the slug beings.
@@SterileNeutrino I thought they were a caricature of Asians especially when Viceroy Gunrey and his kin speak the accent.
@@TheWarmachine375 Might be but more of a depiction of capatilism. For example a ceartin water company.
Their brand is that they are a credit card. They have no brand beyond that to protect wtf do they think their brand is?
Their brand should be "golly, it's easy to buy anything legal"
Revelation 13:16-17: And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads; And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
blackrocks pet dog
This is how it started with games back in 2013/2014, and then they complained that gamers should not gatekeep.
GATEKEEP HARDER JAPAN! you can see the result of letting tourists inside your hobby by looking at the west.
There are wars and other horrific events happening right now, and yet policing Japanese culture is more important to these guys?
Because this was always about control and iconoclasm.
Control, yes.
Iconoclasm isn't the word you're after. Cultural hegemony is more like it.
@@louievito5701 cultural hegemony first step of control other countrys
Yes
It's in the roadmap, you see? -Stifle the giant of 'harmful' contents, make them poor!
-Provide funding, with ESG compliance scorings (this did very well in very first nation)
-enjoy the shift of media culture, the population culture will soon follow
i think it's to make it look like they are doing something on paper.
this is quite literally colonization, they are forcing japan to change its art culture through economic pressure, what is going on here????
They want you to look, think, and experience only their vision of reality. I don't really think it's been working out for them so well considering the entertainment backlash, and well, Trump. but they've been continuing like nothing has changed. They'll take whatever ground they can, and I hope Japan really fights back and at least gets support from the US in the coming years.
Project 2030
Everything will be Southern California. Diversity of thought and culture are not allowed. Southern Californian values and customs are the only acceptable way to be. But hey, at least we get media without white people, right?
I dont get when people downplay depicted child abuse as "Art culture". humans used to do horrendous things in the past as their "culture" aka. not all cultures are good. generalizing all culture as the same is ignorant
@@NyothanZurcIs the "child abuse" in the room with us right now? Get lost, tourist
"We need to protect our brand image!"
"how?"
"cultural intolerance!"
"that's why you're the boss, boss!"
I wouldn't want to support olicon art either, its hella weird. Why are people hating on visa its their brand dont get mad when they dont support nasty stuff
@NyothanZurc, your speech is like your writing, a piece of sh¡t
Payment processors should not have the right to refuse any legal purchases.
You are not just a "company" or a "brand", you serve a vital function of commerce, you have made people reliant on you, and as such you should be required to process payments.
its the right to refuse Bussniess so its more auth to force them to do something they disagree with
@@sebastiangibson9671 Nah. VISA and Mastercard are essential services, they're not average businesses (they make up over 90% of all payment processing), exceptions are needed for them or abuse like this happens.
Utopian "one size fit all" ideals like that are fine in theory but isn't realistic and trying to force it to stick only prevents solutions from fixing the problems we have.
Edit: Wording.
@@gogetters6639 cool Its their Choice I dont Care The goverment shouldnt be allowed to introduce restrictions on CCC since once that power is given whats going to guranteee they wont abuse it?
also P is objectively a net negitvie in society its one of the few industries Where a large chunk of People Die each Year To themselves
It's much like how platforms censoring political speech is a private business doing what it "has the right to do." Internet social media platforms have eclipsed and supplanted the public square and commons, giving these corporations undue control over speech.
Same goes with payment processors.
@@sebastiangibson9671When you are a monopoly it's correct for the state to force you to do things.
Otherwise the monopoly would simply do what it wants, regardless of law.
Only a strong state can prevent a free market from collapsing in on itself due to monopolization.
If japan wants to start thier own global credit card payment processor i'm in!
I mean, the guy who invented Bitcoin and made the first decentralized blockchain is named Satoshi Nakamoto.
After reading about Japan's banks, it's not that surprising lmao.
@@DonVigaDeFierro Could you elaborate on this? I'm intereted in learning about it.
I'd be on board too
@@DonVigaDeFierroOoh, sounds intriguing
@@DonVigaDeFierroGoogle says the name might just simply a pseudonym for the author or group of people who made bitcoing possible.
国連はクソだし、西洋の価値観の押し付けはやめてくれ。
What's the repercussion of this with the people over there?
We are trying to convince Trump to sanction payment processors but it's not a simple task
@@brownbread848Destruction of their culture. Something I would hate to see, considering how much I love them.
@@Theorangebuffoon7428 I like it too and hate any kind of censorship over art or fictional media
Amen
Credit cards should fall under some kind of common carrier laws and not be allowed to restrict payment.
They probably already do. But how many Western governments aren't already in bed with them and ignoring laws when convenient?
They probably already do. But key people seem to be willfully ignoring those laws.
@@Xbalanque84 then goverments should do what they can - enforce the power!
Serious world problems: *exist*
United Nations: "I sleep."
Japan: *making anime*
United Nations: "Now that's an Avengers-level threat that needs to be stopped!"
Basically
That is because there is no money in those world problems. Big anime cat girl tiddies on the other hand. There is tons of money in that.
@@Just_a_guy_who_likes_stuffYep. Culture War in a nutshell. It's DEI VS Normal Perverseness for Beautiful Women.
>Avengers
Even funnier when you learn the history of the namesake (Nakam). The UN (glorified meme) has jobbed to JP before (Miura slapped fire last time).
This is why Jonathan Irons wants to declare war with UN
I'm tired of not being allowed to use my credit cards on Japanese products. Seriously it's my money why does the bank moral system apply to me
You can use a proxy service. They'll act as a middle man and buy the goods for you and ship them to you for a fee. While I agree it shouldn't be necessary, it's an easy way to get around credit card companies, and their recent puritan views of Japanese content. That or get a JCB card, but that will be very hard unless you're in Asia.
Visa should be banned in Japan or given a 50% tax.
Only the ban would actually benefit the consumer.
50% tax would mean they put that tax right back onto the consumer.
American merchant guild won't be happy
Japan should bạn it make their own grobal paying service, and 100% definitely will use their service.
These double standards are disgusting
Maybe the UN should focus on dealing with their little uh...actual little one traveling service ordeal?
Good grief I hate the algorithm making me have to not say what it is.
So should VISA! Allegedly they have a problem not stopping transactions for said "transportation" and other criminal activities.
Such is the state of YT that a bot will make you obfuscate to silly degrees. Very much like dealing with those that control it. As for what you refer to, the UN is in on that. If that bunch had controlling stakes in this market, they would take no issue. Indecency has never been a problem for these types. Just power.
But that is halal...
@@BigVEE
I tire of having to resort to euphemisms for simple, obvious, and often non-controversial concepts.
It's almost like YT is in on that game too. Censorship does nothing but help entities hide. Out of sight, out of mind.
Isn’t there like, 2 ongoing wars that they, the United Nations, should be busy mitigating?
Who cares about those when those pesky artists are making fictional content involving fictional characters which doesn't hurt anybody in the least? Get your priorities straight, bigot!
I posted a comment, but that joint is invisible. I think it got Shadow Realm'd again. Istg 😑
Probably because I said "bigot."
Way too many "wars"..
Do you mean the genocide in Lebanon and the civil war in Ukraine?
That would require real effort.
Its funny how the UN and many people hate japan anime when stuff like South park, big mouth and euphoria (even tho its adults, its still weird its them playing as teens and doing "stuff") shows gross stuff and lastly how the middle east was on the news last week because woman there are losing their rights. But apparently anime is the big problem?!?!!!
Anime is all I watch anymore. That and UFC I'm sick of everything else
Japan isn't Israeli
Well the human rights council in the UN has representatives from countries like Iran on them...
@@longiusaescius2537 what does that have to do with anything?
@@thiscat567I'd say it's about Israel breaking so many laws and STILL receiving weapons and not being embargoed while the same European countries want to starve Japan of money when they too produce adult content
monopoly telling others they don't have monopolistic practice.
Their reputation huh? Their reputation is for interest rates that would make a loan shark blush.
Could be a reason why loan sharks don't use credit cards.....
The amount of actual tragic and horrendous shit that is going on in the world that the UN could take action upon is staggering. But no. Cartoon titties is serious cause for concern.
What has this world come to?
@@Zombie-Hunter not h3ntai!
get it? because they're trying to censor 2d ero, which people "come" to? haha. (sorry)
How are they completly fine with OF girls promoting their content to kids through yt shorts, tiktok and instagram reels but ecchi anime is somehow DeGrAdInG tO wOmEn
its cause they decided thats okay becuase they like it But becuase men like the other thing even though it doesnt cause women to "kill themselves"
but aparently that doesnt matter to the shills
The rule is simple, if they can't get attention or money from it, it's evil. Otherwise, it's empowering.
It all about competition
"The content you're trying to purchase contains premarital handholding. In order to 'protect the brand' we have refused payment processing." - Visa, probably soon
Soooo, to put it simply, the UN which is probably made up of simps and women who either flicked the bean or sucked someone off, is trying to censor our hobbies, but turn a blind when it comes to corn or OF, and yet they said that anime and Japanese games are a threat to WAHMEN, even though most anime and Japanese games don’t show any threat or degradation to women despite the fact that corn and OF does.😤 Mann, that double standard is crazy. MAKE THIS MAKE SENSE!!!!
not being able to pay with a payment processor is brand damaging, if anything
A bank that gives restriction on how or where you spend "YOUR" money should not be your bank.
I'll take the UN's concerns of adult or inappropriate content and culture for Japan more seriously when their 10K+ cases of sexual misconduct/assault allegations by their own people is resolved 1st.
It's not an odd picture, this is a coordinated attack.
You know? It all started with that Vice (iirc) Mockumentary about manga/anime industry that won an award. Then recently someone went liebermann said Japanese R34 is harmful to women.
The UN was created for coercive, centralized global control. This is it working as intended.
This needs to be reclassified as a hate crime. If not a war crime.
There's no legal declaration of war from either side so they can't classify it as a war crime, unfortunately.
A hate crime, though? Yes, it's clearly a discriminatory business practice motivated by hatred based on nationality and/or ethnicity. There's no way to back up the idea that there's a valid and practical reason for the discrimination because it actually _harms_ their brand image, contrary to what they claim.
@@BloodrealmX I might've said war crime, but my brain was going act of war while I was typing.
Shimoneta is really shifting from a Satire Comedy to a Predictive Documentary.
This has to be illegal in some country. A company should not have the power to force an individual to spend their money or, in this case, not spend their money.
Uh they should cause then Its the goverment forcing them to do something they disagree with Like How some people should be allowed to refuse service if they disagree
@@sebastiangibson9671 if a company is open to the public - it's open to the public. It shouldn't have a legal right to discriminate against its customers for any reason whatsoever.
@@sebastiangibson9671 not when said business is a monopoly on an essential service. what if your employer decided to stop paying you, because they disagree with something you do in your personal life (eg, maybe you're a furry cosplayer)? would that, too, be okay?
Email VISA and let them know you're unhappy with this.
Visa should be banned in Japan. Simple as that.
Scigen in our journals, over representation of caucasian female authors, drag queens in our libraries, archives under attack, translations mangled with french, school illiteracy. Now these digital libraries besieged. When do you think they will strike the death blow?
As long as its legal, these companies should not be telling anyone what to do with their money or how people make their money. Do you hire a chef to do your plumbing and electrical work? No, you hire plumbers and electricians. Card companies need to stay in their lane.
Japan just needs to tell UN (and USA) to "eff off and go eff themselves" I mean, they need to say those exact words. If they can't say, I'll say it for them.
Instead of focusing on nonsense like fiction and entertainment, why doesn't the UN actually focus on real issues in the world? Hmmm? Oh wait, that actually requires effort and the ability to live in the real world.
This is very much 1930s Germany and the ones demanding we learn history never learn a single thing.
"sexualization is bad unless it's WESTERN and/or WE like it!"
UN when ww3 is on the verge of happening: 😴
UN when japan makes anime: 😡👮🏻♂️🚨
Another reason to be against Central Bank Digital Currency.
Since when is a CEO of a global duopoly have the moral authority to tell anyone else what they can spend THEIR money on?
It's not really a duopoly, Mastercard and Visa are both owned by the same investment companies. It's a monopoly.
Why don't VISA disable payments on places like Amazon and Ebay which may facilitate the reselling of stolen goods?
Dawg, it's FICTION
It's not about the drawing, it's about censorship. Censorship hinders information, news and survey databases. Controlling the media is on every tyrant's checklist
Sounds to me like they couldn't catch enough pirates, so targeted "adult content" in hopes to catch pirates.
*Of course, credit card companies didn't expect to catch lewd artists in the crossfire.*
I doubt anyone in the credit card companies give a rip about how their customers spend money. They're being pressured to do this.
@@rcrawford42 Google's censorship system started with respecting copyright after Viacom sued TH-cam over clips of their 'properties'.
"Free market" for them not for the rest of the world, the freedom country does it again!
Why is the UN even focusing on freaking art content?
Like, idk, ACTUAL HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES?
Priorities are out of whack since 2016.
Because the mafia latches on anything that becomes mainstream to asume control and make money of off it.
Popularity of anime has grown so much they can no longer ignore its cultural impact, same with gaming.
I mean you know its bad when even the pope is selling anime figures...
They're concerned that the money spent on Japanese creative output isn't available to support the slave trade, er, "human trafficking".
I said this earlier about people whining about jiggle physics in games, when there is actual human trafficking going on. But that would require, you know, actual WORK.... so they choose to make an issue out of nothing because it's easy.
Anime and manga seen as tools to use for political gain. That's the only reason they've been going so hard on Japan.
@@DarkForce2024 it's like PETA going after animal cracker boxes instead of actual animal abuse
Why is nobody mentioning that the UN had been doing this a few years back, and then got ousted for massive child abuse & grape during their UN peace missions and humanitary aid.
Never let people forget this.
They hate japan sm lmao .
This is legitimately evil.
By restricting what they allow their payment processor to be used for like this, it makes it look like they endorse everything their payment processor is used for. Nobody was thinking less about their "brand" because people could use it to pay for things that some people might find offensive, everybody understands that to pay for things online you need a payment processor, regardless of what that is. It's just an excuse for these payment processing companies to push BlackRock's agenda.
Shimoneta was a warning rather than a comedy
what's funny is them allowing adult content to be purchased has no bearing on their reputation or company, HOWEVER blocking processing of payments for that stuff very much plummets their reputation
its literally a system that no one pays any attention to existing, until it pisses them off to start complaining and destroying its reputation, corporations are seriously getting dumber
Japan, I beg of you, don't change. Don't let woke weirdos win.
Credit card companies should have absolutely ZERO say about how, when, and where we legally spend OUR money.
Based japan
VISA and MasterCard both processed payments for ISIS.
But anime is where they draw the line.
visa and mastercard when boom muslam people: i sleep
visa and mastercard when japan cartoons : real shit
They're trying to copy darkrock's failed attempts to change how people think.
Nothing says integrity like telling adults what legal materials they are allowed to buy.
They want you to buy their OF, they don't like competition lol.
1. Japan isn't the only place where Rule 34 comes from.
2. Drawings, 3D renderings, and animated erotica *_are not actually people IRL._*
3. Penalizing Japan for a grassroots cottage industry would accomplish very little, as perverts with niche tastes will find avenues outside of Japan to scratch their particular itches.
4. Many people can, have, and will draw their own.
5. Logistically, there's no reasonable way to stop or enforce that even if was made illegal.
6. The countries where this ban _might_ work are the type that _already_ forbid all forms of pornography (along with a lot of other, far tamer things), which would make such a ban redundant.
7. Even if this _could_ be done, why bother? Why try? What would such a ridiculous ban accomplish, especially for what amount to drawings or jpegs (ie *_not real)_* in the end?
8. And why are the anime and manga industries as a whole being punished for the actions of customers and third party individuals making the meagerest of profits (if any) off of what is functionally fanart (and therefore legal/tacitly uncontrollable) of established IPs which were clearly made for private use _explicitly without exposure to children in mind?_
I think every nation should pass laws that categorize payment processors as utilities, which aren't allowed to discriminate against anyone for any reason. They should be required to have a court order to block access to anyone.
They've changed the world to insert themselves into nearly every financial exchange, so they cannot be permitted to hold any reins over those exchanges. That's not their job, nor their right.
Here in Russia, that's how it works for every business. If you are open to the public - you are open to the public, you don't get to decide who can do business with you. It has some funny consequences, like dress-code for customers in a restaurant being illegal to enforce, or it being illegal for a cinema to kick you out for bringing your own food.
the irony that they don't realize that stopping customers form using their card how the please does WAY more to hurt their brand is hilarious
It’s sad how the love of anime and manga keeps getting attacked by haters for the sake of agendas 😞
Yeah..
Contact VISA and tell them this isn't cool.
Agenda that often isn't even real, just an excuse to be hateful and racist against japan
wait until you find out Blackrock has invested Billions this year in purchasing stocks in anime studios
@@theyellowarchitect4504 Yes but Japanese law states foreign entities can not own more than 21% of a company UNLESS it's bought outright.
UN when mutiple countries are committing genocide around the world : I sleep
UN when Japan makes some adult cartoon pictures : I WAKE!
The corpo claims that they have a policy to make their service useable on legal things as much as possible and in the same breath directly contradicts that. Why bother with the lie at the start to begin with?
"Is this a declaration of war?" Effectively, yes.
Aren't online purchases pretty much private? Like, only the credit card company, the bank, the seller, and the consumer can see the purchases? So the protecting the brand thing is pretty dumb.
Imagine a world where cash doesnt exist and they want to digitalize currency to control how we spend it, oh wait we dont have to.
The "small hats" hate you no matter if you are afraid to name them or not.
So our payment processors have control over what we spend our money on and that outreaches anything regarding illegal materials or having security checking in the case of theft, they actually just get to decide when we don't get something we want to pay for. That's... I think more people need to know that they have that kind of authority because I think that needs to come under review. The fact that it's being used to bully an industry that should be thriving right now is also something that really needs to be talked about.
It's going to get worse when they implement digital currencies. They'll have even more control over what we spend our money on. And because people are looking for more convenience this is a pretty good chance that'll go through soon enough.
@@hatoru17 It's not just convenience, it's being unaware that these things can even happen and more people should know that.
The "protective brand" excuse is complete and utter BS. This has nothing to do with their "brand". If it was such a problem they would have done this years ago. The only reason they're doing this is because the UN told them to and since Japan is in an economically weakened state they figured that now was the best time to strike.
It should be made illegal for a payment processor to ban use cases of their services, so long as the use cases are legal. I hope the people who are pointlessly damaging a multi-billion dollar industry get properly sanctioned for their stupid actions.
All they are doing is pushing completely legal activities underground.
Why are they even monitoring things that people buy? That should be private information.
oh you know why.
Brand? What brand?! You are a card!
Mastercard is the brand and other card holding companies. It is still stupid though, their double standards are oozing.
UN : create wars, no peace
Japan : creates animes, bring peace
Friendly reminder that the UN has gotten into trouble in multiple countries like Haiti, Kosovo and Sudan over trading food and blankets for relations with women and children. So the old adage proves true: the harder they go against cartoons, the more they like the real thing.
“We are the tolerant ones!” They said…
It's not just in Japan, payment processors like Visa and Mastercard are refusing more and more to make business with companies that sell adult content. Take Kagura Games for example, a western publisher and localizer for Japanese eroge. They don't even have any explicit tags for their games and don't show any nudity on screenshots on their webstore and still the credit card companies suddenly refused to process any more payments for their games and now the only payment option left is PayPal, which is not available in all countries.
Maybe UN should go after their own members who are criminals
That would be nearly all of the members of the UN. Remember -- they put Iran on their "Human Rights" commission.
Call out the un for hypocrisy
This is what my friend said regarding this matter:
"I have heard about these things, but what can we really do
sadly the UN like most other organizations in the world are just there to achieve certain agendas and goals for the big countries like America
for example I'm from Egypt, right know the current government and president is from a military coup the current economic situation is really bad and is going to be worth over time, when some people tried to talk about it they have been tortured, imprisoned and some we even know where they disappeared, all the human rights organizations have been silenced about these things by America in exchange for Egypt to not do anything about the situation in Gaza and other things
In reality all world organizations are there to achieve certain agendas and that's they most of the time don't care about helping people especially the UN
or focus on things nobody is asking for like Japan and Japanese media the only escape people have from every thing
I decided to stay away from politics and enjoy my life as much as I can, even then I can't watch anime in peace 😂 I hope Japanese media doesn't change it is one of the few things that is there only for enjoyment without propaganda and politics."
That's expected from the we don't get to hear about these things most of the time unless someone has a friend or something, imagine what else human rights organizations have been used to while we most likely will never know
@@phantom54000
True, before I posted this I asked for permission, then he just said the same thing:
"of course! do as you want(no reference needed unless you want to go ahead and do it), more people need to know about these things, alot of the time people don't get to know these things unless they know someone form that specific country or location because most of the general media is just another agent for governments."
Edit: then I agree people need to know about the truth.
the un has outlived its usefulness, if it ever actually had any.
the UN more interested in what people do in their bedrooms than actually solving world problems jfc
Only Japan can own anime and manga. No exceptions. Saying otherwise is saying Sony should own the geiko.
Pin, please.
I'm confused about your Sony comparison. 😅
@ Japan can expose what the US companies are doing.
No pin for you.
There's so many other things the UN could be and should be focusing on instead of going after Japan and it's entertainment.
they've been getting more and more restrictive on nsfw in the west too. a few writers on patreon have had works taken down and it stems from payment processiors.
u know what funny? UN was appeared in the anime like Evangelion, and they now trying to banned anime. is that how they repay Japan for they free shoutout? i know is that is kind of a strech but seriously, UN should focused on some thing real, like solving world hunger or stopping the war.
as of the VISA thing, i get it they trying to stop the distribution of Cornography, but they seem to treating the fictional like doujin as a Corn as well, which is pretty stupid imo.
Why even have anti trust laws when a few companies with total market dominance can act in unison to disrupt and prevent legal commerce? How have they not been broken up or fined out of business?
Shouldn't the UN be concerned about Iran, Russia, China, and North Korea instead of bullying Japan?
Damn, I’m gonna have beef with my debt card huh, can’t have shit huh.
Yea
Have we seen American Express attacking it? (Haven't heard of them yet.)
VISA, MASTERCARD, AMERICAN EXPRESS are the 3 biggest offenders.
@@hitokiriizo Thanks for letting me know.
@@hitokiriizo Discover to? Is there a card out there that ISN'T Visa, MC, AmEx, or Discover? Because I haven't seen one.
@@DarkForce2024 JCB (Japan Credit Bureau)
Although, their presence in the US is entirely through Discover anyway.
@@mpf1947 Interesting, I've personally never heard of them. So if you use Discover you should be ok then?
If VISA has a policy with porn it should not facilitate onlyfans barely legal porn, or twitch soft porn for kids...
That president of the Japanese visa branch saying he’s trying to “protect the brand” while doing something that damages it a whole lot more is rather ironic
The Problem with these credit card companies is that all of them have some old guys at the top who see everything anime as underage pornography no matter what. The same thing happened on Playstation and to a certain degree(depending on the person in charge) steam. These people can't wrap their head around the fact that these are fictional characters so they have to ban all of this to protect these fictional characters rights or some BS! Thankfully quite a few of these japanese sites have decided to fight back and just simplay disable Visa and Mastercard as payment methods.
If a payment processor refuses a payment that is otherwise legal, it will be replaced with a new payment processor that will allow it
Free market at work, so long as Japan doesn’t cave
I think a blue helmet would look good mounted on my wall
I'm sick of the double standards everywhere, more so with laws and the link...