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Payment Processors Are Pushing AI Porn [based on real people] Off Its Biggest Platforms | 404 Media (www.404media.co)
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[–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 11 points 6 hours ago

Let's be reasonable here ... they aren't running out of options; they're running out of monetizable options by hosting a centralized repository. Patreon is still an option, as are many others geared toward individual creators.

I shot a fair amount of porn of my then-wife starting in 2010 -- predating OnlyFans -- and the monetization options were so terrible (she categorically refused to hand over a 40% commission on principle) that we just posted to FetLife for free. Payment processors hold far too much power, essentially being extragovernmental censors

[–] GammaGames@beehaw.org 13 points 7 hours ago

Good! Sounds like they’re based on celebs, that stuff shouldn’t be accepted.

[–] theangriestbird@beehaw.org 7 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

can anyone speak to why payment processors care about AI porn at all? With the duopoly of PayPal and Stripe, I'm not totally clear why the payment processors think that AI Porn will impact their bottom line in the slightest. If people take issue with the payment processors' implicit approval of these practices, what are they gonna do? It's not like there are any viable alternatives.

[–] belated_frog_pants@beehaw.org 11 points 7 hours ago

They dont wanna be sued. CC companies hate having any sex work or porn paid for with their systems. Puritan shit, sex work hate, and throwing the baby out with the bathwater trying to avoid being a processor for CSAM which does NOT just simply go hand in hand for sex work or porn but they think it dows.

[–] PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat 10 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

They might actually just care about the moral issues involved (or at least be worried enough about pushback to fake it).

They’re going to make a river of money regardless, and so maybe it’s not worth taking a reputational hit or risking some kind of legislation, just to preserve the 0.00000001% of their revenue stream that is deepfake porn based.

[–] theangriestbird@beehaw.org 2 points 6 hours ago

That makes sense actually. I'm guessing they have been sued for similar stuff in the past and as you said, the small revenue stream is not worth the cost in lawsuits.