Steam, Itch.io are pulling ‘porn’ games. Critics say it’s a slippery slope Hacker News Valve confirms credit card companies pressured it to delist certain adult games from Steam PC Gamer Adult games are forcing the game industry into a spiritual crisis Polygon Steam and Itch.io Are Pulling ‘Porn’ Games. Critics Say It’s a Slippery Slope to More Censorship WIRED Credit Card Companies Are Hurting …
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Steam and Itch.io Are Pulling ‘Porn’ Games. Critics Say It’s a Slippery Slope to More Censorship
Late in the evening on July 23, developers with games tagged as NSFW on Itch.io, a digital marketplace, began to notice something strange. Their work—whether it was a game about navigating disordered eating as a teenager, or about dick pics—no longer appeared in search results. “No notification or anything,” says former NYU Game Center educator and developer Robert Yang, whose …
Read More »Tip from messaging app leads to child porn charges against Irwin man, authorities say
A child porn tip from a messaging application lead to state police charging an Irwin man, according to the Westmoreland County District Attorney’s Office. Joshua David Ward, 34, faces 10 counts of dissemination of child sexual abuse material, possession of child sexual abuse material and criminal use of a communication facility. The tip came from Kik, a free messaging app …
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