TRACKING THE IMPACT OF
FINANCIAL EXCLUSION
How do the policies of major financial
companies limit free speech?
PURPOSE
By collecting the stories of people impacted by financial exclusion, this project explores how the policies of financial intermediaries censor certain people, communities, businesses, and websites. The website and book highlight the dangers and look for a better way forward.
ABOUT
The Financial Censorship Project is an independent research project to examine the speech impacts of financial exclusion. Through interviews with people who have had their bank accounts closed, their credit cards cancelled, and their payments blocked, this project will show an ongoing pattern within the United States to shutter dissenting voices through financial exclusion. It will also shed light on the corporate-government collaborations that make this possible.
BLOG
Transactions Denied is a blog exploring the issue of financial censorship.
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