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Other => Politics & Society => Topic started by: marcus_of_augustus on September 20, 2013, 02:57:38 AM



Title: More politicisation of legacy payment systems
Post by: marcus_of_augustus on September 20, 2013, 02:57:38 AM
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/banksandfinance/10322072/Banks-to-block-internet-porn-sites.html (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/banksandfinance/10322072/Banks-to-block-internet-porn-sites.html)

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Websites which fail to stop children accessing pornography will have payments to them blocked by banks and credit card companies as part of a government plan to help clean up the internet,

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Purveyors of explicit images will be starved of paying customers under the proposals, even if the material itself is not illegal. It is thought to be the first time banks have been asked effectively to police the internet in such a way.


Title: Re: More politicisation of legacy payment systems
Post by: justusranvier on September 20, 2013, 03:15:43 AM
Anything that makes legacy systems less useful is good news for bitcoin.