Valve must address swastikas and other hate on Steam, writes US senator in a letter to Gabe Newell

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• mlg@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Is this even a real problem on steam or something some random dude wrote to his senator about?

  My biggest issue was valve being slow to vac ban people bragging about cheating, which was almost exlcusive to TF2.

  Seen way worse on reddit than steam for “hate” content.

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  • zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    It’s a real problem. I’ve seen forum posts calling for the extermination of minorities.

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• TheTechnician27@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  It’s good to see a politician who actually stays informed about these kinds of issues.

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• Skates@feddit.nl ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  “As Black Friday and the holiday buying season approaches, the American public should know that not only is Steam an unsafe place for teens and young adults to purchase and play online games, but also that, absent a change in Valve’s approach to user moderation and the type of behavior that it welcomes on its platform, Steam is playing a clear role in allowing harmful ideologies to spread and take root among the next generation,” says Warner

  What? What the fuck, democrats?

  First off - cool letter bro, I’ve always wanted to write one but unfortunately we are in the current century. I don’t know what a pretentious cuntwaffle you have to be to write a letter at this point in time, but apparently it helps if you’re a senator.

  Second - really? Valve should moderate user scrrenshots to make sure there are no swastikas? What if I have a swastika tattooed on my face and the pic is closeup shot? Listen, cumstain - if you’re not gonna do your job as a government and moderate extremists by hiding behind your ‘freedom of speech’ bullshit, don’t be surprised when a corporation can’t do it either. What, the KKK is too hard to stamp out for the US government, so let’s put Valve on the job? A Neonazi fuck just won another presidential campaign, you’re telling me your country is against swastikas? Fuck outta here.

  And third - I’d really like to know what makes steam “unsafe for teens and young adults”. Is valve impregnating kids now? Do they carry measles in their steam decks? Is gaben running with scissors in school hallways? Or is it just that you’re an out of touch cunt who last understood technology when horse power involved actual horses?

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  • zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    You’re apparently unfamiliar with the concept of the open letter or writing to a specific person instead of just spewing garbage out a general agency. It’s not uncommon.

    The Hinduism excuse really doesn’t fly most of the time, especially when we’re talking about hate speech. It’s pedantic and weaselly and does not pass the smell test.

    Unsafe could mean, for an examples I have seen on steam forums, that minorities get harassed or told they should be exterminated. Just like Nazis should be scared to be in public IRL, they shouldn’t have safe spaces online either.

    I know by your language you already have your mind made up and probably have a real strong opinion on ethics in gaming journalism, but extremism is a real problem.

    I don’t really want to engage with people like you, so I won’t be responding further, but I didn’t really want to leave your bs unchallenged.

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  • TheTechnician27@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Jesus christ, chill the hell out. 💀

    1. Who still writes letters anymore? Uh… A lot of people? Especially sitting senators to massive, multi-billion-dollar corporations? Would you have preferred they go on some shitty social media platform to “ayo get your shit together fr fr”? Fellas, is it gay pretentious to use your position in government to bring attention to an issue? Have you never written a letter?

    2. One of the reasons a neo-Nazi fuck just won the election is because these online spaces allow fascist rhetoric to run rampant. You’re bringing up a borderline nonsensical edge case to justify why action shouldn’t be taken in 99.999% of cases.

    3. Writing coherently about an actual issue facing a platform like Steam actually shows that he’s more in-touch than most politicians. You sound deeply insecure.

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  • Euphorazine@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Now do congress letter to twitch about Hasan Twitter Link

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  • trashgirlfriend@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    This mans steam name is his steam ID

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• TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  They are going after the billionaire who won’t play along.

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  • Outtatime@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    What? 😆 This has all the silly markings of the typical ADL talking points.

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• danc4498@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  This is an issue 47 US senators care deeply about. 53 of them think both sides need to do better, so instead of action we’ll just wait and see.

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• Outtatime@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  😂 what??

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• andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Steam being privately owned and somehow independent is probably a big factor in that I guess.

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• Kaboom@reddthat.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Sooooo. . . This clearly falls under freedom of speech and a senator not knowing that is kinda horrifying. The government can’t come after you for speech

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  • TheTechnician27@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    A US senator can absolutely, unambiguously write to a private corporation in an unofficial capacity asking them to more strictly moderate their platform. You’re just parroting “muh freeze peach” having zero idea where that starts and ends.

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    • Kaboom@reddthat.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Right, well, I make it a habit to block fascist boot lickers like you. Good bye.

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  • Euphorazine@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Now do the congress letter sent to Amazon asking to fire Dan Clancy from twitch Twitter link.

    I guess it’s only cancel culture when the left do it?

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