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Still waiting for Game of Thrones to be removed from all streaming services for gratuitous sexual depictions and on-screen depictions of rape

Don't forget the beheading! Mastercard specifically mentions beheadings. I guess Ned Stark shouldn't have complained to every lord of Westeros that King's Landing didn't accept American Express.

It's not targetted by pressure groups at the moment. MasterCard isn't acting out of its own moral convictions here, so don't expect these rules to be enforced wherever they might apply.

Oh please. As if Mastercard is beholden to some grass roots movement from Australia.

...So their quote "we require merchants to have appropriate controls to ensure Mastercard cards cannot be used for unlawful purchases, including illegal adult content." is just a lie?

I mean yes, of course they're lying? the article quotes the actual rule here, which is "don't do anything that might make us look bad".

Because it's a critically acclaimed movie that will draw defenders if it's banned now. If the activists went all in right away they'll lose and they know it

Same deal with GTA and GOT