Yes and the group of assholes that got MasterCard and Visa to threaten Steam into removing NSFW art globally, are in Australia. I’m so mad at the whole situation and the power some biased, conservative, pro-suppression pricks had over the life choices of 8 billion people
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EmilieEasie@fedinsfw.app 1 week ago
I’m ignorant but it seems like Australia kind of censors video games a lot, right? Like the culture of law there is to be kind of controlling about what people can see and play in video games specifically
lyralycan@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
Katana314@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Something sad but interesting I’ve found is, if you ever explore some adult game spaces, you can find some people who are certain that liberalism, “DEI”, and “wokeness” are to blame for the rise of censorship.
It seems intentional that the efforts of censorship are hidden behind many finger-pointing centers of blame, rather than being associated to common political parties. Most politicians don’t want to be associated to raunchy imagery at all, and so they don’t make any direct statements, and communities end up drawing their red strings themselves.
dudeface@lemmy.world 5 days ago
I grew up in New Zealand and any game Australia banned was effectively banned there also since we were bundled in as the same market
Australia is quite conservative and never liked violent video games
EmilieEasie@fedinsfw.app 5 days ago
That really really sucks, and you didn’t really have any political power in the country affecting you that way 😞
FoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
It’s not just that, it’s also group of government officials who and other Australians who are staunchly pro nanny state and refusing to allow people to enjoy their right to play video games
EmilieEasie@fedinsfw.app 1 week ago
Appreciate the additional context
FoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
Your welcome
ms_lane@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Also anyone who ever tries to organise anything to counter the nanny-state will rapidly find themselves overrun with far-right dickheads who will try and appropriate the movement.
FoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works 6 days ago
Not always
Gold_E_Lox@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week ago
new human right announce by the UN!