Reading JP Koning: MasterCard - Adult Content Gatekeeper? [Ep. 143, Macropiece Theater]

Mastercard is compelling adult content providers to know their customer... and their content. If not, access will be withheld to payment processing. But Mastercard is an oligopolist, its censorship affects everyone. Is that proper? A reading, by Emil Kalinowski.

----------WHO----------
John Paul Koning believes thinking about money is more interesting than making money. He writes about monetary economics, economic history, finance, and fintech at his his Moneyness blog as well as for the Sound Money Project, Breaker, Coindesk, and Bullionstar. Koning also designs economics and financial wallcharts at Financial Graph & Art. Read by Emil Kalinowski. Art by David Parkins. Intro/outro is "Alegro" by TAGE at Epidemic Sound.

----------WHAT----------
MasterCard as censor: https://bit.ly/3nxXphK

----------WHERE----------
Koning's Blog: http://jpkoning.blogspot.com/
Koning's Twitter: https://twitter.com/jp_koning

Emil's Twitter: https://twitter.com/EmilKalinowski
David's Art: https://davidparkins.com/

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