It was only on March 26th that we reported here on DLSite’s attempt to calm the situation with Visa and MasterCard, which are the two largest credit card operators in the world.
What’s happening on the internet is that Visa and MasterCard are pressuring several websites and stores to ban adult content, and this has already been felt on Patreon, Pixiv, recently Gumroad banned adult content too.
DLSite’s attempt was to change the tags on its website, so for example, works named with the tag “slave” became “servant”, “rape/rape” became “Without Consent” and so on… DLSite did not want to ban this content but unfortunately the attempt was unsuccessful.
DLSite removes Visa and MasterCard
In a new update, DLsite reported that payments by Visa and MasterCard credit cards are suspended and asks people to use other payment methods such as PayPay, FamiPay, BitCash, Line Pay, Edy etc.
Visa と Mastercard が使参考にしてください！ pic.twitter.com/oq2uxWPdam
— あろおん🏴☠️ (@AroON_1106) April 3, 2024
Obviously the reason was not given, just the news that they suspended the payment methods of these operators, but the fan theory is that Visa and MasterCard did not accept the Tags’ name changes and asked for the site’s entire content to be banned. .
via Nico News
