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Valve gets pressured by payment processors with a new rule for game devs and various adult games removed (www.gamingonlinux.com)
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Valve have added a new rule to the Onboarding guide for game developers, noting that payment processors get a say in what stays on Steam.

Newly added rule is:

Content that may violate the rules and standards set forth by Steam’s payment processors and related card networks and banks, or internet network providers. In particular, certain kinds of adult only content.

Diff of the new terms https://github.com/SteamDatabase/SteamworksDocumentation/commit/fddd59b5395cc3c1c74574650dbf5784612d0521

:/ payment processors strike again (slippery slope etc)

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[–] 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

That's what Backpage tried to do when the cc processors pulled out. The owners of Backpage were at some point charged with money laundering among many many other crimes. The years of legal battles that started in 2018 drove one of them to suicide. Would not recommend.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Backpage is very different than Valve. Backpage execs were directly involved in the pimping of minors, this were proven in court.

    I don't believe Valve execs are pimping minors through Steam.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    No, they were not directly involved and no, pimping minors was not proven in court. Money laundering and conspiracy to facilitate prostitution were the charges that stuck. In fact, prosecutors claiming they were involved in child sex trafficking caused a mistrial https://apnews.com/article/business-trials-3b1c9d3e59e90cd60764b3eb989fec80

    The point is not about what they did or didn't do, it's that if you try to go outside the system you get hammered.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago

    Its not different because in both instances it was CC companies being anti sex.

    Realpage being a "den of CSAM" was not happening at any scale the CC companies were actively worried about and it was about defunding sex workers.

    Same deal here. This is about control and puritanism.

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