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Mastercard deflects blame for NSFW games being taken down, but Valve says payment processors 'specifically cited' a Mastercard rule about damaging the brand (www.pcgamer.com)
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Statement: https://www.mastercard.com/us/en/news-and-trends/press/2025/august/clarifying-recent-headlines-on-gaming-content.html

Mastercard has not evaluated any game or required restrictions of any activity on game creator sites and platforms, contrary to media reports and allegations.

Our payment network follows standards based on the rule of law. Put simply, we allow all lawful purchases on our network. At the same time, we require merchants to have appropriate controls to ensure Mastercard cards cannot be used for unlawful purchases, including illegal adult content.

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Seth Eisen

seth.eisen@mastercard.com

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[-] seejur@lemmy.world 41 points 5 hours ago

Of course, because when everyone buy a game on steam the FIRST thing it comes to their mind is the credit card brand they used. What a load of bullock.

FFS I don't even remember which one of my credit card I have saved on steam.

MasterCard can go fuck themselves. Great job saving your brand

[-] dogs0n@sh.itjust.works 12 points 4 hours ago

Seriously rediculous, most people don't even know if their card is Visa or Mastercard, nor do they care (because they dont know what they are or what they mean).

(This is from my experience with people i know)

[-] bss03@infosec.pub 1 points 2 hours ago

I use Paypal and they charge my Discover (Novus network, IIRC). No MC policy issue, let me buy what I want.

[-] BowtiesAreCool@lemmy.world 4 points 3 hours ago

I don’t have any credit cards saved on steam. I only use PayPal for steam purchases.

[-] SippyCup@feddit.nl 7 points 3 hours ago

😬

I'd rather pay with my actual blood than use PayPal.

[-] BowtiesAreCool@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago

It’s purely because steam hasn’t been able to keep my login info secure for almost a decade. I’ve changed emails, passwords, both, and yet I will always get random 2FA attempts from other places. I just don’t trust them to keep my bank info safe either.

[-] Darkenfolk@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 hour ago

I'm looking at this and I am just wondering... Did you also check the computers your using?

It's quite a bit easier to get in the pc of a normal user than it is to get into the computers of valve, or at least that's to hope.

[-] NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 hours ago

Choose your poison.

[-] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 hours ago

A bullock is a steer. You wanted bollocks.

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