Not only Steambut also a platform itch.io He was forced to leave the menu of an inappropriate game with sexual content. The reason is the pressure on the part of payment partners who reacted to complaints of the Australian organization Collective screamThe field of the same organization was recently aimed at Steam.
The itch.io platform is known as a shelter for independent developers and an alternative creation of games. Due to the pressure, all NSFW temporarily hid the content of his search and viewing. These are games depicting rape, incest or abuse of children.
The founder of the LEAF Corcoran platform admitted to the website that it was a reaction to the problems of payment services suppliers with whom they contacted As part of the campaign led by obvious gamesField “Our ability to process payments is necessary for the existence of the entire platform.” Wrote Corcoran. “To continue to work, we must prefer relations with payment partners.”
The intervention occurred after the opening of an open letter that Collective Shout turned to such companies as Visa, MasterCard or PayPal. The letter was mentioned by Itch.io and Steam as a platform that benefit from games depicting rape, incest or abuse of children. Then the couple deleted several names and now a reaction from ITCH.IO comes – although much more energetic.
The developers and creators on the platform noticed during the day that their NSFW names disappeared from the search, without any previous warning. ITCH.IO explains this in hindsighting the fact that It was a crisis situationWhich required an immediate decision not to endanger the entire payment system.
“We know that this is not perfect, and we apologize for the sudden step.” This shows Corcoran. At the same time, the platform launches a general audit of contentTo make sure that the names comply with the rules of all connected payment services. Some pages can be forever removed.
After the end of the audit, he wants to present itch.io New rules for publishing contentThe creators will have to directly confirm the field that their games correspond to the principles of a particular payment gateway that they use. Without this, it will not be possible to publish or monetize content.
The collective cry, which is behind this wave of restrictions, has long been determining itself against the “sexualization of culture.” In the past, she called Grand Theft Auto V, a campaign against Detroit: to become a man to portray violence, and she also managed to ban the Australian rapper Tyler, the creator.
Source :Indian TV
