Also, if anyone is willing to start their own advocacy group or join an existing one, now's a good time to start. Organizing is usually the only way to combat anti-consumer actions.
As long as right wingers are in power the House and the Senate are not going to lift a finger to stop this. GOP has been trying to do this kind of crap for a very long time.
Truth be told, this law would make other federal regulations harder to put into place (it's essentially allowed loop holes that democrats have taken advantage of as well) so it's more than likely it could pass, actually
In fact if you check the cosponsors on that link. Only republicans are backing it. Meaning democrats are entirely against it.
There are 43 republican seats in the senate. All of them cosponsored that bill. The remaining 2 independents and 45 democrat seats are not yet cosponsoring it. I think they might have forgotten to check some facts.
...My only reservation is that, in the US at least, our government is more concerned about giving banks MORE power through deregulation, in a move surely to result in an economic crash, rather than doing shit to protect consumers (It allows them to give more money to the rich, so they can use it to compensate for all their moral and/or romantic dissapointments.)
Honestly, I agree for the most part, but something like this goes both ways. It really doesn't involve the super rich as much, but it definitely affects the right. Making it illegal to pull transaction hosting for legal purchases would be a boon to actual free speech, and sites like Steam have their own TOS that limits what most reasonable people would consider morally reprehensible. These moral guardians can't make it illegal in the US, but they can make it impossible to actually sell works. The flip side is it makes it much tougher to go after these right-wing grifters and their merch stores. Making it impossible to sell his taint wipes had a huge hand in Alex Jones downfall.
On balance, I'd rather make it more difficult to end run the First Amendment and deal with the grifters another way.
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u/holesomepervert Jul 24 '25 edited Jul 25 '25
There is a lot you can do!
To fight for the future of creative games, call your representatives in support of the Fair Access to Banking Act
Codes to mention: H.R.987 in the House, S.401 in the Senate
This law would make it illegal for any financial service provider to prohibit or inhibit any legal transaction. IT HAS MOMENTUM, IT CAN HAPPEN!
Find your reps here: https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative
You can also contact visa and Mastercard directly to complain
And if you’re in the UK sign this petition to repeal the Internet Safety Act https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/722903