Source: Reason
by Elizabeth Nolan Brown
“Anti-porn crusaders and squeamish financial companies are coming for kinky gamers. Once upon a time, this unholy collaboration seemed content targeting actual porn (something I wrote a Reason cover story on in 2022, if you want a deep dive). But as all good observers of the war on sex work know, things that start off under the auspices of targeting porn and prostitution — or protecting children from them — end up affecting things tinged with even a hint of sexuality, and sometimes things that aren’t even related to sex at all. Now we seem to have reached a new frontier in this crusade. Not only is content featuring real, human performers being targeted, but payment processors are getting fussy about artwork, animation, and AI-generated imagery, too.” (08/13/25)
https://reason.com/2025/08/13/the-anti-porn-crusade-comes-for-online-games/