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Comment on Steam is 'an unsafe place for teens and young adults': US senator warns Gabe Newell of 'more intense scrutiny' from the government if Valve doesn't take action against extremist content

j4p@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

Not to excuse any hate speech of any kind, but looking around at social media and the effect it has especially on young people and saying “steam forums are the problem” seems like missing the forest for the trees

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acosmichippo@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
who said steam forums are “the” problem?

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- j4p@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Me. There’s just an irony in pointing out the failure of Steam to effectively moderate (true) when Twitter has a much larger footprint, seems to be actively encouraging hate speech not just tolerating it, and is being rewardered for such behavior. The article points this out too:
  
  There’s an aspect of irony to the complaint: Elon Musk turned Twitter into a haven for racism and far-right rhetoric, after all, and he’s being rewarded with a high seat in the incoming US government.
  
  Senators only have so much time to pick and choose which issues to raise awareness about, so Steam seems like a weird fight to pick given the wider landscape ¯_(ツ)_/¯ . Given Steam received similar warning according the article and there hasn’t been a change. Could just be there’s a much higher chance of getting a change from Steam than a larger social media platform.
  
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  - acosmichippo@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    yeah I think it’s fair to argue there are bigger problems that steam.
    
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