Mastercard’s ties to the esports world have led to more evidence of censorship. A source leaked messages from the Riot Games sponsor to livestream channels during the Valorant Champions Tour. The payment processor asked moderators to delete messages accusing it of forcing the ban of Steam games.
    • Saleh@feddit.orgEnglish
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      1 day ago

      This also goes to an entire new level. Before it was “only” censoring digital products and events. Now it is directly censoring media outlets.

      This screams for an antitrust lawsuit, if a company has this kind of power.

      • Evil_Shrubbery@lemmy.zipEnglish
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        1 day ago

        Megacorp be megacorping.

        We should always fight giants like this.
        And think to not feed them indirectly.

        (Not to mention that such basic infrastructure should never be for-profit.)

    • lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
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      1 day ago

      Could be great links to share over Riot Games streams.

      • MasterCard has asked Riot to keep an eye out for negative sentiments on official Riot streams
      • Riot has asked esports content creators working with official Riot properties to watch out for any negative sentiments toward MasterCard
      • Moderators have been told to look out for any unusual activity around the MasterCard issue

      No better publicity than getting their own efforts thrown back at their faces.

      MasterCard is running an effective PR campaign against themselves. They can’t stop giving their critics all this gold.