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Re:Mastercard and visa are the de facto regulators of porn by nimbius on Tuesday June 28, 2022 @10:38PM (#31915838)
I'm the exact opposite. this is regulatory automation gone haywire because one bad thing happened in the past.

for example: I work in a repair shop and I know I can buy absolutely zero bottles of acetylene on the company card because visa will flag it every time. they report it to the atf and you get a lovely visit...

but propylene? just as dangerous and flammable but i can buy it by the ton. we literally swapped out all our equipment for hot work cutting because visa.

Re:Mastercard and visa are the de facto regulators of porn by jjeaff on Wednesday June 29, 2022 @04:43AM (#31917792)
Unless the name of the company is Acetylene R Us or something, I don't see how visa is finding out. And if visa is somehow finding out what you buy, how is the company selling it not telling it's customers and warning them they can't pay with visa?
Re:Mastercard and visa are the de facto regulators of porn by towaway15463 on Wednesday June 29, 2022 @04:56AM (#31917837)
How does any welding shop deal with this? Or does it only apply to newcomers and old shops are grandfathered in?
Re:Mastercard and visa are the de facto regulators of porn by makeitdouble on Wednesday June 29, 2022 @12:18AM (#31916453)
If it happens only on Visa, is it regulatory ?

I'd expect that to be Visa covering their butt in advance to not even have to think about it ...