Wulfy<p>Big drama at <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/CIVITAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CIVITAI</span></a>, The premium <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/AISlop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AISlop</span></a> hosting site.<br>Civitai is THE <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/LORA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LORA</span></a> (<a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/GenAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GenAI</span></a>) model repo.</p><p>Payment processors like Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Stripe, and PayPal have banned transactions in the past related to pornography or sex work on the basis of "reputation risk" and it looks like their morality tentacles reached Civitai.</p><p>Content Control Through Financial Gatekeeping: Because banks and payment processors control the flow of money, they can indirectly dictate what content is monetizable on the internet. This "financial censorship" is a form of privatized control where banks affect ultra conservative ideology. What Musk and <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Maga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Maga</span></a> cohorts would call "Sexual Degeneracy"</p><p>Isn't it great when the forces of evil (<a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/finance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>finance</span></a>) and <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/luddites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>luddites</span></a> (who let me be swift in saying are the good guys) combine to fight against AI ?!!!</p>