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Elizabeth Nolan Brown

Bankers Scouring Porn Sites. Payment Processors Punishing Journalists. Here's How 'Big Finance' Is Chilling Speech

Banks are scouring porn platforms in order to flag objectionable words and scenes. Payment processors are deciding what constitutes misinformation about war. And a credit union could decide whether your donation to a cannabis advocacy group can go through.

We're now deep into the era of suppressing speech through financial institutions.

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