#collectiveshout — Public Fediverse posts

Today I'm starting my deep dive into the complex topic we've picked for the next episode of Random Encounters: Sexualised violence in (interactive) #Pornography .

Gloria and I always take great care in doing proper research, but in this case it's particularly important, as fictional depictions of sexualised violence have been the source of major controversies and often held responsible for real-world crimes. Most recently, #CollectiveShout made this particular claim — without proving empirical evidence — to deplatform #AdultGames .

Petition EN7799 - Stop VISA and MASTERCARD from dictating access to Legal Content.
Petition Status
The petition is currently open for signatures

OPENCLOSEDPRESENTEDRESPONDED
Petition Reason
VISA and MASTERCARD control the payment processor market, in a monopoly, that is not regulated in the least. These companies openly dictate access to services, sales, or operations, of legal items, or legal businesses, based on their own political views. Credit Card Processors should only be there to process legal transactions, and not dictate what someone spends their money on. VISA and MASTERCARD are so big and control a market that can be equated to a utility. There are no alternatives widely available in the market, despite these companies acting as a key part of all payment infrastructure. Just like water companies or electricity providers are regulated to prevent them from stopping service based on arbitrary views, VISA and MASTERCARD should be held to the same standard.

Petition Request
We therefore ask the House to open anti-trust investigations and penalize the unregulated monopoly of a key part of everyday infrastructure. Payment processors are not there to regulate what legal content people consume, or to threaten companies who do not agree to the whims of people who run VISA and MASTERCARD. These payment processors should be there to process payments, and regulated like a utility in today's day and age.

https://www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/petition/EN7799

#stopcollectiveshout
#auspol
#visa
#mastercard

#collectiveshout

I had the opportunity to talk about payment processors, (adult) game bans, and restricting game developers' freedom of expression in an interview with GamesMarkt:

https://www.gamesmarket.global/personalien/interview-nina-kiel-it-is-crucial-to-keep-protesting-0929ab2a1004ebb45c2b80d0e9bd65cc

#Gaming #AdultGames #CollectiveShout #PaymentPRocessors

I never liked #bitcoin, but #PayPal and #CollectiveShout just made the case for #crypto.

And if you'd still like to learn more about recent events: We set up a research document for our community with numerous sources, listed in chronological order.

https://cryptpad.fr/doc/#/2/doc/view/r-Hgz-nohLCT6dpxj2bLCpol-nqBtw9nPJGuUe+m8TA/

#AdultGames #PaymentProcessors #CollectiveShout #Gaming

Ollaanko muuten täällä yhtään huolissaan siitä, miten #Visa sekä #mastercard vaikuttaa/yrittää vaikuttaa helvetisti siihen, minkälaista LAILLISTA sisältöä saa esimerkiksi Steamissa olla myynnissä?

Ja kaikki tää johtuu jostain #CollectiveShout -feminatsi ryhmittymästä, joka on saanu Visa/Mastercard tyypit taiteltua taskuun lol

Jos mie haluan ostaa laillisen, seksuaalista sisältöä sisältävän hentaipelin Steamistä, NIIN MUN PITÄIS SAADA SE OSTETTUA.

Australians, here's an opportunity for you to help combat the global efforts to use private industry to control what otherwise legal products and services adults are able to spend their money on.

Australians, spread this petition far and wide. Demands Parliament “open anti-trust investigations and penalize the unregulated monopoly of a key part of everyday infrastructure,” as “payment processors are not there to regulate what legal content people consume.”

https://www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/petition/EN7799

Source: https://bsky.app/profile/acvalens.net/post/3ly5e2dvs5k2r

#CollectiveShout #MasterCard #Visa #Australia #pornocalypse

In other news: As mentioned previously, Collective Shout tried to have our petition "Save games from censorship" removed, making false claims about "defamatory" statements.

I was forced to spend some time during my vacation to provide evidence for each and every statement, but as we did plenty of research before writing the petition text, I could list numerous sources – including the organisation's own website – and the Change.org Help Center clearly ruled in our favour.

https://www.change.org/p/save-games-from-censorship

#CollectiveShout #AdultGames #LGBTQIA #Gaming

Wäre ich jetzt Politiker und Teil einer Regierung, würde ich #CollectiveShout als Terrororganisation erklären, was bedeutet, dass jede Organisation, die mit ihnen arbeitet, mit starken Sanktionen rechnen muss.

#Gaming #Steam #Mastercard #Visa #PayPal #Censorship

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v70R-k4A7mU

Ich will mein #PayPal Konto schließen und was sagt PayPal selbst dazu?

#Steam #Valve #collectiveshout

Collective Shout have also allegedly targeted safe-for-work lgbtq games in their mass censorship campaign. Please remember to support creators affected in any way you can. Complain to the appropriate parties as well. #itch #steam #collectiveshout

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/itchios-mass-delisting-of-paid-adult-content-has-also-affected-safe-for-work-games-with-yuri-or-lesbian-themes-devs-claim

#CollectiveShout is full of puritan assholes

I don't know if this petition will actually do anything, but I think religious organizations like Collective Shout are a bunch of the pearl clutching prudes misrepresenting and distracting from very serious real problems with their dumb crusades. They start with incest and violence, which is very hard to defend, but are really aiming squarely at any queer and sexual content.
https://chng.it/HtqV8Z96KS
#CollectiveShout #Censorship #AdultVideoGames

All of these ppl were plotting to do this sh!t. Ain't no way #collectiveshout made all this happen. Every globalist who has wormed their way into the upper echelons of various govts were waiting on the signal to go full authoritarianism as quickly as possible. 🫤 #Mexico #palantir

I just hate it when a person who you liked and followed turns out to be a fascist and supports censorship.

#Mastodon #fascist #fascism #GOG #itchio #CollectiveShout #Valve #Steam #videogames #gaming #Linuxgaming #Visa #Mastercard #AmericanExpress #AMX #money #censorship #consumerrights #StopKillingGames

Back at it again with another post discussion the Adult Game Censorship issue, and a bit of hope. #gaming #blog #censorship #collectiveshout #Steam #Itchio www.ghastlymirror.xyz/blog/censors...

Gaming Censorship: Itch.io Re-...

The shocking news that #MasterCard lied about not being complicit in #CollectiveShout ‘s #fascist attempt to remove adult content from existence. https://mastodon.social/@gamingonlinux/114955903881025000

For the next two days, you can unlock 13 amazing adult games for free as part of GOG's Freedom To Buy campaign. Included in the lineup is House Party, a game I star in!

I am incredibly honored to stand alongside GOG, Eek Games, and so many other bold, creative voices in adult gaming fighting for free expression.

Participate in this campaign, boost this post, and help push back against the threat MasterCard and Visa pose to our civil liberties.

Credit card content cops can't control culture. Not now, not ever.

https://freedomtobuy.games

#FreedomToBuy #GOG #CollectiveShout #HouseParty #EekGames #MasterCard #Visa #AdultGames #GameDev #Gaming #IndieDev #IndieGames #Itchio #Steam #VideoGames #VideoGaming

Ich liebe #GOG einfach.

#FreedomToBuy #Censorship #Steam #Itchio #Mastercard #Visa #Paypal #collectiveshout

https://items.gog.com/freedomtobuy/index.html

GOG is giving away several recently censored games for the next 48 hours.

https://items.gog.com/freedomtobuy/index.html

#GOG #itchio #CollectiveShout #Valve #Steam #videogames #gaming #Linuxgaming #Visa #Mastercard #AmericanExpress #AMX #money #censorship #consumerrights #StopKillingGames #HuniePop #postal #postal2 #agony #leapoflove #beaingadik #leapofofaith #houseparty #lusttheory #treasureofnadia #summersgone #fetishlocator #sapphiresafari #helpingthehotties

GOG is giving away several recently censored games for the next 48 hours.

https://items.gog.com/freedomtobuy/index.html

#GOG #itchio #CollectiveShout #Valve #Steam #videogames #gaming #Linuxgaming #Visa #Mastercard #AmericanExpress #AMX #money #censorship #consumerrights #StopKillingGames #HuniePop #postal #postal2 #agony #leapoflove #beaingadik #leapofofaith #houseparty #lusttheory #treasureofnadia #summersgone #fetishlocator #sapphiresafari #helpingthehotties

GOG is giving away several recently censored games for the next 48 hours.

https://items.gog.com/freedomtobuy/index.html

#GOG #itchio #CollectiveShout #Valve #Steam #videogames #gaming #Linuxgaming #Visa #Mastercard #AmericanExpress #AMX #money #censorship #consumerrights #StopKillingGames #HuniePop #postal #postal2 #agony #leapoflove #beaingadik #leapofofaith #houseparty #lusttheory #treasureofnadia #summersgone #fetishlocator #sapphiresafari #helpingthehotties

GOG is giving away several recently censored games for the next 48 hours.

https://items.gog.com/freedomtobuy/index.html

#GOG #itchio #CollectiveShout #Valve #Steam #videogames #gaming #Linuxgaming #Visa #Mastercard #AmericanExpress #AMX #money #censorship #consumerrights #StopKillingGames #HuniePop #postal #postal2 #agony #leapoflove #beaingadik #leapofofaith #houseparty #lusttheory #treasureofnadia #summersgone #fetishlocator #sapphiresafari #helpingthehotties

I've included the email addresses of several Visa higher ups in the copy & paste email you guys can use to protest their censorship.

https://pastebin.com/EQ5gG42K

Keep the heat on them!

#visa #mastercard #censorship #gaming #adultgames #collectiveshout #gamers #protest #steam #itchio

Gamers shout back

#CollectiveShout can spin on it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCRewzDV8z4

Wrote this up on discord initially and thought it would be nice to share it here. Spread it around however you like/wish.

Markdown formatted post on my aethy @Beebz

My basic template for the payment processor calls

[TEXT] is placeholder for your situation
(Te/xt) Is interchangeable words

**Basic Intro:**

>Hello, my name is [NAME] and I have a (CONCERN/COMPLAINT/ISSUE) with [COMPANY] regarding your policies on (limiting transactions based on the content of goods and services / globally dictating what adults can buy with their own money / restricting independent creators from being able to sustain a living)

**Jumping off points:**

*As an artist*
>I am a creator who has been impacted by enforcements [COMPANY] has been pushing onto my storefronts (which does not break the law/ that has limited my ability to make a living / making me a casualty of [COMPANY] applying morality to independent purchases)

*As a buyer*
>I'm a consumer who, because of [COMPANY]'s action against a store I use, this has forced the store to deny me access to products I have already purchased. This is really (upsetting/ frustrating/ infuriating) because (well,I paid for them/ nothing was even illegal there/ [COMPANY] shouldnt have the right to dictate what I buy if its not against the law)

*As a cardholder*
>I am concerned about the message [COMPANY] is sending about deciding what I am allowed to spend money on. Your company claims to only limit transactions that lead to harm yet (you have censored stories of people who are survivors of horrendous events / you have taken action against marginalized independent creators for making lgbtq content / there is no such thing as one international law because there are globally conflicting ones and as an American based company, there are no law being broken thanks to freedom of speech.

**Things of Note:**
- They will ask for your name to put a complaint on file. Up to you
- They will ask if you have an account with them.
If yes, you can say you dont want to share it because of fear of retaliation, with visa, they can ask for first 6 digits
If no, you can just say you dont use it
- they might give a corpo speech, just let them get through it

#Visa #mastercard #censorship #paypal #collectiveshout #itchio #AntiCensorship

Wrote this up on discord initially and thought it would be nice to share it here. Spread it around however you like/wish.

Wider federation reach version on my blorbo @Yaoi_MeowMaru

My basic template for the payment processor calls

[TEXT] is placeholder for your situation
(Te/xt) Is interchangeable words

Basic Intro:

Hello, my name is [NAME] and I have a (CONCERN/COMPLAINT/ISSUE) with [COMPANY] regarding your policies on (limiting transactions based on the content of goods and services / globally dictating what adults can buy with their own money / restricting independent creators from being able to sustain a living)

Jumping off points:

As an artist

I am a creator who has been impacted by enforcements [COMPANY] has been pushing onto my storefronts (which does not break the law/ that has limited my ability to make a living / making me a casualty of [COMPANY] applying morality to independent purchases)

As a buyer

I'm a consumer who, because of [COMPANY]'s action against a store I use, this has forced the store to deny me access to products I have already purchased. This is really (upsetting/ frustrating/ infuriating) because (well,I paid for them/ nothing was even illegal there/ [COMPANY] shouldnt have the right to dictate what I buy if its not against the law)

As a cardholder

I am concerned about the message [COMPANY] is sending about deciding what I am allowed to spend money on. Your company claims to only limit transactions that lead to harm yet (you have censored stories of people who are survivors of horrendous events / you have taken action against marginalized independent creators for making lgbtq content / there is no such thing as one international law because there are globally conflicting ones and as an American based company, there are no law being broken thanks to freedom of speech.

Things of Note:

• They will ask for your name to put a complaint on file. Up to you
• They will ask if you have an account with them.If yes, you can say you dont want to share it because of fear of retaliation, with visa, they can ask for first 6 digitsIf no, you can just say you dont use it
• they might give a corpo speech, just let them get through it

#Visa #mastercard #censorship #paypal #collectiveshout #itchio #AntiCensorship

doing my best to sum up what has been going on lately #blog #gaming #censroship #collectiveshout www.ghastlymirror.xyz/blog/censors...

Gaming Censorship: Updates on ...

Itch.io are seeking out new payment processors who are more comfortable with adult material

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/itchio-are-seeking-out-new-payment-processors-who-are-more-comfortable-with-adult-material

#itchio #CollectiveShout #Valve #Steam #videogames #gaming #Linuxgaming #Visa #Mastercard #AmericanExpress #AMX #money #censorship #consumerrights #StopKillingGames #HuniePop

Please sign this petition to oppose censorship from payment processors and extremists!

https://chng.it/FRg7St9CJH

It's made and supported by female and gender-marginalised people working in games. Collective Shout does not speak for us. They can't silence us. We will continue to stand up for freedom of expression in games.

#Gaming #Steam #ItchIo #CollectiveShout #AdultGames #LGBTQIA #Queer #MasterCard #PayPal #Visa #Petition

Plea for action from Australians copied from Bsky:

If any fellow Aussies think its inappropriate for a registered Australian charity (Collective Shout) to bully an indie website (Itch) into reviewing all NSWF (+ random other) content, and to pretend 'lobbying' is 'charity', here's where you can report misuse of their charity status: https://www.acnc.gov.au/

You're looking for the Raise a concern menu. The option is Raise a concern about a charity.

According to the screenshot, the ABN is 30162159097. As I'm not an Australian, I haven't gone through the process myself.

source: https://bsky.app/profile/eliseswritings.bsky.social/post/3lursey6mqc26

#Austraila #ItchIo #Itch #CollectiveShout

Eigentlich möchte man aus guten Gründen kein Crypto nutzen, aber es wird immer schwieriger, mit klassischen Zahlungsmitteln für Dinge zu zahlen, die man nutzt, aufgrund von politisch-moralischen Bullshit. Und das Ganze wird nicht bei Adult Content aufhören, da kann man drauf gefasst sein.

#Steam #Civitai #Mastercard #Visa #Paypal #CollectiveShout

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAy2dUvDrGk

I want to take a moment to acknowledge the incredibly important work Ana Valens is doing. She's covering topics no one else dares to, and she does it risking her safety and well-being.

So the least we can do it to donate and support her financially: https://ko-fi.com/acvalens

#Steam #AdultGames #CollectiveShout #Censorship