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.
Steam being privately owned and somehow independent is probably a big factor in that I guess.
They are going after the billionaire who won’t play along with Trump.
And they are being on purpose hypocritical and smarmy. Even that senator wikipedia page puts him as a businessman before being a senator.
It’s good to see a politician who actually stays informed about these kinds of issues.
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.
“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 kind of 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 a closeup shot? What if my swastika is related to Hinduism, not fascism? Listen, cumstain - if you’re not gonna do your job as a government and you’ll allow extremist speech 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?
Now do congress letter to twitch about Hasan Twitter Link
This reads like it was written by somebody with a swastika icon on Steam.
Jesus christ, chill the hell out. 💀
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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
gaypretentious to use your position in government to bring attention to an issue? Have you never written a letter? -
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.
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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.
This entire comment oozes intellectual dishonesty.
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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.
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
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?
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.
I highly recommend informing yourself where this boundary is; even if you particularly disagree with this senator, citing the First Amendment is the weakest possible argument here except among people who also don’t understand where the line is.
Right, well, I make it a habit to block fascist boot lickers like you. Good bye.
What? I heard that some fascists are very fine people.
Says the person supporting Nazi’s…
Do I know you? Oh wait, you’re from slrpnk, why don’t you keep slurping Stalin’s balls for me?
what a damaged human being
“A solarpunk polity would replace centralised forms of state government with decentralised confederations of self-governing communities […]”
Stalin notoriously loved checks notes heavily decentralizing government power akin to anarcho-communism.
“This politician writing against fascism is too fascist. This decentralized political system is too tankie. This politician ousting competent government officials he perceives as disloyal to his coup is juuuuust right.”
Calls other people fascist bootlickers, votes for Trump, you’re a special kind of stupid aren’t you
If you don’t have a problem with swastikas then it is you who are the fascist
To be clear, I don’t like swastikas, but they make it easy to block assholes.
A senator trying to mess with the speech of a private company is fascism.
If you are concerned by fascism, I recommend calling your representatives and even writing letters to them.
In the case above, a sensible well written letter sent by an individual that was put in power to defend the interests of the American people is not fascism.
It’s important to understand what Fascism looks like. Such as every billionaire bending the knee when a politician gains power, or what we see with Musk in an invented cabinet position. The merger of government and corporate powers which will directly hurt the interests of the people in a state.
I don’t think you can block yourself. Maybe ask the Lemmy devs to implement it? Seriously, all I’m asking you to do is read to understand where your rights as an American citizen start and end; it’s for your own good.
