Real easy. Strong arm VISA/MasterCard to force a .25% chargeback ratio on all high risk adult business -- cite money laundering or some stupid reason.
Quote:
CARPINTERIA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--American Express, Discover, MasterCard, and Visa brand consumer and commercial credit, debit, and prepaid cards issued in the U.S. generated $4.786 trillion in purchase volume in 2015, up 7.8% versus 2014. These statistics are published in the current issue of The Nilson Report newsletter, a leading publication covering the card and mobile payment industries.
American Express, Discover, MasterCard, and Visa Purchase Volume Up 7.8% in 2015 | Business Wire
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Do you really think that the credit card associations will fight over a few billion dollars in revenue -- when they are doing near $5 trillion? No, they will they will get it back on the interest rate end.
Then the US government can mess with the free sites' DNS -- if they are Verisign .com -- or originating at other US based registries -- then try and seize their domain names on "Trumped" up charges (certain financial crimes?).
They cannot ban lawful speech under the
existing laws and court rulings on these laws but they can certainly try to harass you or regulate you out of business.
Ya got trouble in River City!
Maybe, "It can't happen here."