Stripe, a financial services company that acts as a payment processor for millions of businesses including itch.io, has issued an apology following reports that members of its support team told callers the business does not support the sale of LGBTQ content.
“We apologize: the information given by our support team was totally wrong,” said Stripe spokesperson Casey Becker in an email to The Verge. “Stripe has no prohibitions on the sale of LGBTQ+ content or goods.”
Angry customers have been calling payment processors on behalf of the creators who have had their adult content deindexed – or removed from search queries – by itch.io. Stripe’s …
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Original Source: https://www.theverge.com/report/758927/stripe-lgbt-content-statement-itchio-adult-content
Original Source: https://www.theverge.com/report/758927/stripe-lgbt-content-statement-itchio-adult-content
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