Some Patches Required

Steam Censorship: Weaponizing Payment Processors


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This week, Zak and Aaron kindly beg your attention to a very serious matter: the censorship of thousands of NSFW games across Steam and Itch.io at the behest of payment processors like Mastercard. 

Prompted by a grassroots organization with far-right connections called Collective Shout, this incident could have far-reaching implications for free speech, result in LGBTQ+ erasure, and mean that corporations become the arbiters of what does and does not constitute art in the future.

Please, enjoy.

Missed what's happened? Check out the links below. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlEHovdeKZw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUMwQ1euK8Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTDhsqN2NB4

Intro: 00:00:00
21,000 Points for Censorship: 00:04:02
Collective Shout Pt. 1: 00:15:39
Morality and Context: 00:25:58
Collective Shout Pt. 2 - Erasure: 00:35:32
What About Age Ratings?: 00:42:30
Applying the Same Logic to Books: 00:51:03
Conclusions: 00:55:30
Outro: 01:03:10

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