The Censorship Conundrum: Payment Processors and the Power to Purge Kickstarter's updated guidelines have sparked a heated debate about free speech, censorship, and the influence of payment processors on online content.
The platform has effectively banned all forms of adult content, citing concerns over violent, derogatory, or sexually photo realistic material.
Sources close to the matter suggest that Stripe, one of Kickstarter's primary payment processors, is behind the move.