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Fair Access to Banking

The companies that process your credit card payments are becoming the new arbiters of what you can see and buy. By threatening to withdraw their services, these financial behemoths have forced the removal of hundreds of legal products, including mature video games, from well-known digital storefronts.

While it may not solve the entire problem, it represents a vital move to rein in this power and protect a marketplace where legal goods can be sold without fear of censorship by a payment processor. Financial services have historically blocked businesses for a myriad of political reasons, including: abortion clinics, gun stores, fossil fuel industries, pornography, and charities. Card networks would be heavily incentivized to work with their customers, provide human support, offer transparent appeals processes, and endeavor to quickly resolve disputes out of court before damages mount up.

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