The petition addressed that MasterCard and Visa must stop censoring legal fictional content that complies with the law and platform standards.
Archived version: https://archive.is/20250725225542/https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/mastercard-visa-under-fire-petition-payment-giants-not-police-legal-content-blows-1739406
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This happened in the first place because Collective Shout turned up and said “A bunch of people are pissed off about this, do something about it.” They’re not a government or a major corporation, they’re just a group that represents people, no different than Change.org. If a petition caused this, why can’t a petition stop it?