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Oberon @oberonjack.bsky.social · Sep 4

Dairy, Dairy hurt me lol

Oberon @oberonjack.bsky.social · Aug 15

Dear Texas parents, if you think having a law banning phones at school is for the health of your child because studies says so, studies also show that vaccines and masks save your kids lives. Yet yall were against mask mandates and vaccines...🤔

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Oberon @oberonjack.bsky.social · Aug 2

Exactly what happens to me too

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TheUnknownMegaverse @theunknownmegavs.bsky.social · Aug 2

bsky.app/profile/acva... never forget to share. After all every CEO loves to listen to their money Oops I mean customers 😈

Ana Valens | 🔞 | Comms Open @acvalens.net · Jul 30

LEAVE A MESSAGE FOR MASTERCARD’S CEO

STEP 1: CALL +1 914 249 2000
STEP 2: TYPE 0
STEP 3: TYPE 6432224#
STEP 4: TYPE 1

Congratulations, and have fun calling the executive who matters most in this Steam / itchio censorship situation

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Oberon @oberonjack.bsky.social · Aug 1

Oh I'm 99% sure not complaint is even taken down so that why they can't follow up

Oberon @oberonjack.bsky.social · Aug 1

For me at least, this number is dead.
I keep getting "Sorry the operator is not available" then it disconnects.
If it works for yall lemme know, if not Id say call other numbers, and your banks!
Banks need to know that they will be loosing money over this!

Ana Valens | 🔞 | Comms Open @acvalens.net · Jul 29

Keep calling Visa. It’s working.

Trepe @trepeserafin
Follow back
VISA CARD REPRESENTATIVE YELLED AT ME
I called 650 432 3200 and simply asked about the content guideline.
I got:
"We've been getting thousands of calls!"
"You talked to someone? WHO DID YOU CALL!"
"OTHER PEOPLE ACCEPTED WHAT I SAID! SO WHY DON'T YOU!!!"
@Visa is cooked LMAO
VISA

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Trepe Serafin @trepeserafin.bsky.social · Aug 1

Visa and Mastercard released their public statements on censorship!

Visa and Mastercard are pretending they don't make any judgments on legal purchases, but Collective Shout CLEARLY told us they successfully pressured payment processors.

KEEP CALLING! IT'S WORKING!

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Oberon @oberonjack.bsky.social · Aug 1

Call your banks! Let them know Visa/Mastercards action are effecting you as a client of their bank and their banks business itself, Tell them how Visa/mastercard reps treated you! Ask for them to file a complaint on your behalf.
Just got off the phone with my bank and did just this!

Oberon @oberonjack.bsky.social · Jul 30

Pretty sure Visa is recording phone numbers now, I have called them several times now. Last few times as soon as they pick up I get "we have already provided you with all the relevant information, we will now be disconnecting the call" and hangs up before I can even speak

Ana Valens | 🔞 | Comms Open @acvalens.net · Jul 29

Things are getting nuts

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Oberon @oberonjack.bsky.social · Aug 1

🎃🍭Little Miss Tricks & Treats🍬🎃//1️⃣8️⃣ Days Til HH S2 @lexipop398.bsky.social · Jul 31

The script to oppose KOSA (the Kids Online Safety Act) AKA The Big Bullshit Censorship Bill is now up on @5calls.org

We’ve already seen the results of this over the last few days in the U.K. with their Online Safety Act (OSA). Let’s make sure it dies off again. Call your reps ☎️

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Credence Queer Otter Revival @dade.bsky.social · Aug 1

Happy Odaiba Day to all who celebrate

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Oberon @oberonjack.bsky.social · Jul 31

I'm really curious how this is gonna Effect larger games like Baulders Gate 3,would be a real shame if someone pointed out it should be removed as well and Bg3 would have to fight the payment people too. Real shame

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Maeve [KimRinzley] @maevequinzley.bsky.social · Jul 30

Additional tactic. Call your own bank and explain that you've been trying to forward a complaint to Visa/MC but that their customer service reps are now just hanging up on you and other people you know.

Make this issue about their customer service and not about Steam/Itch.

Maeve [KimRinzley] @maevequinzley.bsky.social · Jul 29

New tactic. Pretend you're a business owner whose customers are concerned regarding your ability to provide them with your services due to "some non-transparent policy change affecting video games?"

"Why are my customers talking about video games and blaming Visa/MC? This is harming my business."

Maeve [KimRinzley] @maevequinzley.bsky.social · Jul 29

If a rep tells you that Visa doesn't moderate sales of content based on moral reasons, remember to ask what the nature of the reason for moderating sales of certain content was.

If it's not moral reasons, was it financial? Prejudicial? Arbitrary?

Please, Visa rep, tell me what the reason was.

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Alexander the Spooky @alexrineh.art · Jul 31

Today I spoke with a very pleasant supervisor at Visa. I explained that the statement he read me seemed to be at odds with reality. I made it clear that I was not accusing HIM of lying, but that the statement was not factual. He took a statement from me and passed it on verbatim.

Alexander the Spooky @alexrineh.art · Jul 30

Called today (4th time since Thursday) and was told that visa "does not make moral judgments about what content can be purchased" and categorically did not apply pressure to itch and steam. Requests to speak to a supervisor were declined.

Alexander the Spooky @alexrineh.art · Jul 29

If you call visa, they'll deflect you to an email. If you ask for a case number, they take 5 minutes to generate one.

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Oberon @oberonjack.bsky.social · Jul 31

I had a rep tell me that the guardian and the aclu were not creditable news sources and nothing they say about Visa is true.

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Void🔞 | VGen @voiddebris.bsky.social · Jul 29

‼️Important Update‼️

There have been increasing reports of people receiving verbal abuse when calling in complaints

So we've put together steps + a script to follow if this happens!

Please be careful out there

↻💬♡ to help spread the info!

***Important Notice***

If you are calling Visa, there have been increasing reports of harassment from Visa representatives, including calling people rapists

If this happens to you, please take the following actions:

1) Stay calm! Do NOT engage in harassment back

2) Request to speak to a supervisor

3) If they refuse or hung up on you, call back and *immediately* escalate to a supervisor

4) Put in a complaint of the behavior (script below)

5) Afterwards *or* if they refuse to take your complaint, submit a BBB complaint (script below)

Call Center Abuse Complaint:

Hello,

I'm calling to submit an official complaint about abuse I received from a call center representative today. I called at (time) and spoke with (name, if you know it). Their behavior was beyond inappropriate. The representative said (provide details).

Once finished submitting that complaint, tell them you would still like to file the initial complaint you called about.

BBB script:

I'm filing a complaint in regards to their conduct when I called in to inquire about the situation between them and several gaming platforms. Upon mentioning the nature of my call the representative on the phone was exceptionally rude to me. They (insert details here).

This sort of behavior is unprofessional and unacceptable. This should not be how they treat their customers.

BBB script pt 2 (what you're looking for them to do in response):

I would like a formal apology, my initial complaint to be processed, and the company to re-train their call center staff to prevent such occurrences in the future.

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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · Jul 31

#SaveSpeech

its been a week, and while we cannot let up pressure on making phone calls, we need to start applying pressure elsewhere now as well!

PHASE 2: START MAILING PHYSICAL LETTERS

imgur: imgur.com/a/3pVupWQ

more comprehensive info can be found here:
stop-paypros.neocities.org
yellat.money

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Oberon @oberonjack.bsky.social · Jul 31

Hmm Noted, thanks for the insights!
The fact that you cant even get them to stop reading the script, even to ask a question is SO anger inducing

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Oberon @oberonjack.bsky.social · Jul 31

Based on? cause its still odd if they do that I have to repeat all my info each time lol

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Oberon @oberonjack.bsky.social · Jul 31

Ya i said something similar then he just repeated the stupid script

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Claudie @clh2oars.bsky.social · Jul 31

Shoutout to this article for making explicit the way campaigns like Collective Shout's are part of a long history of censorship and affect queer content

Gordon Little @gord.games · Jul 31

"This is a tried-and-true playbook. It has the effect of shrinking the space available for diverse sexual expression," said Jean Ketterling, a University of Saskatchewan assistant professor who specializes in the study of sex and video games.

CBC @jonore.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/radio/day6/s...

How an anti-porn lobby on payment processors censored thousands of video games | CBC Radio

Video game developers are speaking out after thousands of games and other digital artworks were hidden or removed entirely from two popular PC games stores. They say many of the vanished titles were u...

www.cbc.ca

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bsb @blackshirtboy.bsky.social · Jul 31

Let's Keep Calling!

An image of a huge jackboot crushing a comic artist and a bunch of comic pages. The boot is marked by the logos for MasterCard, Visa, Paypal, and Stripe. Below the image there is text which reads: Don't let Payment Processors tell YOU what you can buy! It is not a payment processor's role to decide what kind of content you can or cannot spend money on, so long as it is a legal transaction. Fight back against the unjust policies hurting artists and creators online!

https://yellat.money/
https://stop-paypros.neocities.org/

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Oberon @oberonjack.bsky.social · Jul 31

Atta Kid, Proud of you!!
If that's all the spoons you have the energy for its still helps so much!

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Oberon @oberonjack.bsky.social · Jul 31

First of my senators was voicemail, Second was a actual person! I was caught of guard and asked for a moment to collect myself. She kindly gave it and asked how she could help. I then read of the script. She thanked me for my input and passed it on. That was SO beyond my social anxiety, but doable!

Oberon @oberonjack.bsky.social · Jul 31

Thanks!
Someone else suggested 5calls.org/issue/kids-o..., So i posted it on my page as well.
Its script is VERY short, so its easier for neurospicy peeps, and those with anxiety/speech issues like me to deal with! =)

Oppose S. 1748 The Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) ⭑ 5 Calls

Congress has again put forward legislation aimed at controlling what content children see online, known as the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA). During …

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Oberon @oberonjack.bsky.social · Jul 31

I get it! Trust! If you dont feel comfy talking to card companies without a card. Do what you personally can! If youre in america, Call your reps and oppose KOSA, it really only takes like 2 minutes promise. Cause what happens now will affect your college life/future in whole.

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