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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.

Media contact

Seth Eisen

seth.eisen@mastercard.com

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[-] SippyCup@feddit.nl 20 points 12 hours ago

😬

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

[-] BowtiesAreCool@lemmy.world 6 points 11 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.

[-] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 1 points 42 minutes ago

Interesting. I've been using steam for decades and the only time my account was compromised was due to my own machine getting some malware. It was easy enough to clean up, reset password and reset all my steam sessions.

Now my blizzard account on the other hand... I got so tired of defending it that I've cleared all my CC and personal info from the account and just decided to let the hackers have it. Their shit leaks bad.

[-] 9bananas@feddit.org 4 points 4 hours ago

https://haveibeenpwned.com/

check your email addresses, then check for malware on your system.

that's definitely not normal...

[-] Darkenfolk@sh.itjust.works 9 points 10 hours 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.

[-] BowtiesAreCool@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

Yep, I’ve completely changed computers multiple times. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[-] NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 2 points 12 hours ago

Choose your poison.

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