Fact check: Post Title: About Visa and Mastercard irony Post Content: Apparently, Visa and Mastercard had to censor anime and manga, including cunny one But I found an irony that they turned their blind eyes on OnlyFans and Patreon about real life cunny videos, including every cosplayers that made a website to gain money from these two. That is why I will never like OnlyFans and Patreon at all, considering they are a part of the problem to encourage Visa and Mastercard to censor anime and manga. Screw that. Comment Chain: 1. Probably because MC and Visa both have investments tied up in various pornographic industries, and it's being ignored in favor of JP content they they don't have investments in. Easier to get rid of them rather than compete with them. The guerilla tactics will continue until the cunny improves. Original Reddit link: https://www.reddit.com/r/SenseisKitchen/s/Ntvs9hYHNH

1. Summary of the results

The situation is more complex than presented in the original statement. Visa and Mastercard have indeed implemented restrictions on Japanese content platforms, specifically targeting adult material and certain types of manga/anime content ^[1]. Multiple Japanese platforms including Nico Nico, Melonbooks, Toranoana, and DLSite have been affected by these payment restrictions ^[2].

Regarding OnlyFans, there are serious allegations documented in a whistleblower complaint that both Visa and Mastercard were aware of potentially illegal content involving minors on the platform since 2021 but continued processing payments ^[3].

2. Missing context/alternative viewpoints

Several important contextual elements are missing from the original statement:

• The restrictions on Japanese content appear to be partly influenced by pressure from UN-affiliated committees criticizing anime and manga content ^[4]
• The payment processors cite "brand protection" as their official rationale for restricting Japanese content ^[1]
• OnlyFans maintains a zero-tolerance policy for illegal content and claims to report such materials to law enforcement, though they haven't directly addressed specific allegations ^[3]
• The whistleblower complaint was filed with multiple U.S. government agencies including FinCEN, the Justice Department, and Homeland Security ^[3]

3. Potential misinformation/bias in the original statement

The original statement presents several potentially misleading narratives:

• It suggests a simple double standard, when the reality involves complex regulatory, legal, and corporate considerations
• It oversimplifies the OnlyFans situation - while there are serious allegations, they are currently under investigation and disputed by all parties involved ^[3]
• The statement fails to acknowledge that the restrictions on Japanese content are part of a broader regulatory pressure, including from international organizations ^[4]

Who benefits:

• Japanese content platforms and creators lose financially from these restrictions ^[2]
• OnlyFans benefits from continued payment processing services
• Payment processors benefit from maintaining relationships with larger, Western-based platforms while potentially avoiding controversy by restricting smaller, foreign content providers
• Regulatory bodies and advocacy groups benefit by appearing to take action against controversial content