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		2Gkashmiri on Aug 28, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The real OnlyFans scandal is the unaccountable pow... I have to ask. Who is going to hold banks responsible for their role as just a payment gateway and not the actual people involved or the service? This is like saying banks are responsible for a drug mafia using a laundromat for "money washing" by using sales proceeds of a laundromat depositing into the said bank and sending it away.

nulbyte on Aug 28, 2021 [–]

The government will. This is the basis of Know Your Customer laws.

2Gkashmiri on Aug 28, 2021 | [–]

Oh. Like the time deutchbank was fined a billion dollars and nothing happened? So they are really imposing their idea of "should" be allowed or not. Democracy is passe.

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