Im amazed it took this long. We should start banning companies like visa and MasterCard. They should be completely neutral and not try to push USA conservative christian bullshit.

You don't fuck the Japanese dating sim industry. Almost all the stuff Visa and Mastercard has gotten banned over the last decade has been Japanese.

According to articles I can find, this has nothing to do with recent censorships?

https://www.benzinga.com/markets/equities/25/07/46593164/visa-hit-by-japans-first-ever-antitrust-action-against-credit-card-industry

Japan’s Fair Trade Commission has taken its first administrative action against the credit card industry, targeting Visa Worldwide Pte Ltd., a subsidiary of Visa Inc.‘s Singapore operations, over suspected monopolistic practices in the authorization system market.

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The investigation centered on Visa’s November 2021 terms changes that rendered credit card companies managing merchant outlets ineligible for commission discounts in certain industries unless they adopted Visa’s authorization system.

Kick their ass Japan! Don't go easy on them, make them stop their bullshit INTERNATIONALLY if they want their sanctions removed!

Shit like this is why people need to knock it off with the "iT's A sCaM" bullshit and embrace crypto. This is the exact kind of issue that using cryptocurrency prevents.

We need to federate money and put it back in the hands of the people. You would think that Lemmy would be into that idea, but instead y'all act like crypto killed your dog and fucked your wife. I don't get it.

(And before you use the waste of electricity argument, remember that proof of stake is a thing.)

Edit: Well this went exactly how I expected. Just nothing but ignorant downvotes. Not even a single attempt at a decent counter-argument. You people and your hive mentality suck.

That said, shoutout to you, Danny. You get it.

You can't put the article link instead of the generic yahoo.jp? Are you trying to get views or something?

https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/b68ac34e65ec99559eb024ed91df59b696d40eed

Administrative sanction on VISA for suspected violation of antitrust law The Public Commission applies the affirmative procedure

On the 22nd, the Japan Fair Trade Commission applied the administrative and affirmative procedures of Visa, an international credit card brand, as a suspected violation of the Antitrust Act (unfair trading method) regarding the terms of business with its partners, with regard to the terms and conditions of transactions with partners. According to the commission, it is the first administrative disposition on a credit card international brand, including the largest in the industry and the largest share (market share) in the country.

[Figure] In 2024, the Public Commission will inspect the VISA Japan corporation

　In July 2024, the Public Commission conducted an on-site inspection of a Japanese subsidiary of a visa on suspicion of violating the Antitrust Act. We were also investigating overseas related sites such as U.S. headquarters.

　The affirmation procedure is one of the administrative measures that aims to resolve the problem at an early stage by agreement between the Public Commission and the business operator. This month, the Visa submitted a voluntary improvement plan that “commits” the resolution of suspected illegality and reporting the status of its implementation under the supervision of a third party for five years, and the commission recognized it as effective in preventing recurrence.

　In line with this, the Public Commission did not recognize the violation of the Antitrust Act of the visa, and postponed more enforceable administrative measures such as exclusion measures orders and surcharge payment orders. Yutaka Yamada

Hepl yes, based japan, defenders of freedom?

That felt totally normal to say.

The video makes mention of a change.org petition calling on Visa, Mastercard and the like to ignore that sect trying to create moral outrage. I know Change.org petitions are pretty worthless, but this one already has over 100k signatures: https://www.change.org/p/tell-mastercard-visa-activist-groups-stop-controlling-what-we-can-watch-read-or-play/

This reads like a joke. :)