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Why We Are Here => Monetization => Topic started by: rcjordan on August 02, 2017, 04:05:26 PM

Title: PayPal, GoFundMe, And Patreon bans
Post by: rcjordan on August 02, 2017, 04:05:26 PM
"strangling them with the purse strings" --rc

https://www.buzzfeed.com/blakemontgomery/the-alt-right-has-a-payment-processor-problem
Title: Re: PayPal, GoFundMe, And Patreon bans
Post by: ukgimp on August 02, 2017, 07:53:09 PM
Adult or slightly dodgy has always been an issue wit taking payment.
Title: Re: PayPal, GoFundMe, And Patreon bans
Post by: littleman on August 02, 2017, 08:04:19 PM
Right, this ties into the other topic, who do you let in and who do you not?  Where is the line?
Title: Re: PayPal, GoFundMe, And Patreon bans
Post by: buckworks on August 02, 2017, 08:19:29 PM
From the article:

QuoteTo many right-wingers, this fight over online payments is yet another battle in what they perceive as a nationwide war on their protected speech.

War on protected speech? Having free speech to say what you want is one thing, but does it follow that others are obliged to help you say it?
Title: Re: PayPal, GoFundMe, And Patreon bans
Post by: littleman on August 02, 2017, 08:30:45 PM
It is like being censored on a website.  You are free to say what you want, but not on someone else's domain if they don't want you to.  That concept is hard for some people to get.
Title: Re: PayPal, GoFundMe, And Patreon bans
Post by: rcjordan on August 02, 2017, 10:51:42 PM
What was that we used to tell them on WmW?  "You still have free speech AND you are free to put it on your own website."

related:

Google says its robots are better than humans at spotting extremist YouTube videos

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2017/08/01/google-says-robots-better-humans-spotting-extremist-youtube/