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Re:Stripe has frozen Gab.com's account by scrollaway on Wednesday October 03, 2018 @09:47PM (#18136463)
> why was Alex Jones deplatformed by MasterCard

Oh I can't possibly think of a reason why someone would chargeback Alex Jones' Totally Legitimate Line of "BURN ALL YOUR FAT" products. Health & Wellness is a known high risk category.

> [...] firearms?

I'm talking about Visa and MasterCard. Banks have regulations to worry about.

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Re:Stripe has frozen Gab.com's account by pranks on Wednesday October 03, 2018 @10:35PM (#18136691)
I think it was Buzzfeed News or Daily Beast but they did an investigation into Alex jones products... they’re legit products
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Re:Stripe has frozen Gab.com's account by scrollaway on Wednesday October 03, 2018 @10:39PM (#18136707)
I'm guessing you're referencing this? https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/charliewarzel/we-sent-a...

I just skimmed it, looks like a good piece of investigative work. I don't see where you're reading they're "legit products", all the article seems to say is that they're not outright dangerous.

And this holds absolutely no value to payment processors, btw. Health & Wellness is a high risk category, period. I don't know why you think "but they're legit!" is even sort of relevant.

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