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Visa Could Ruin the Internet (youtu.be)

submitted 1 week ago by ratrace@lemmy.zip to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world

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Cross posted from https://lemmy.zip/post/65355368

What if you woke up tomorrow and completely lost access to your bank account, credit cards, PayPal, and Venmo, all because of something you posted online?

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[–] MissesAutumnRains@lemmy.blahaj.zone 27 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The EU's payment processors cannot come fast enough.

[–] alakey@piefed.social 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Why do you assume EU's or any other payment processor for that matter would be any less draconian? EU and the US are not that far apart when it comes to puritan nonsense.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 week ago

Why do you assume EU's or any other payment processor for that matter would be any less draconian?

Because the EU has MUCH better privacy and consumer protection laws than the US.

EU and the US are not that far apart when it comes to puritan nonsense.

That's simply not true.