alehel@lemmy.zip to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-213 hours agoThe game "Horses" now barred on Steam, Epic and Humble Bundlewww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square62fedilinkarrow-up1114arrow-down111file-text
arrow-up1103arrow-down1external-linkThe game "Horses" now barred on Steam, Epic and Humble Bundlewww.pcgamer.comalehel@lemmy.zip to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-213 hours agomessage-square62fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareMark with a Z@suppo.filinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up55arrow-down2·edit-211 hours agoIt was a child doing pony play, riding a naked adult man-horse. The dev claimed it was not sexual. This was removed later but it’s the build you send for review that gets reviewed. Other stores got a later version, hence why it passed on those. Dev was not given a chance to remove it as it turns out steam has a policy that anything that resembles CSAM gets denied permanently.
minus-squarecronenthal@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·10 hours agoI haven’t heard about the details, what’s your source on that? As far as I recall, the developer said he didn’t know the actual reason for the ban.
minus-squareMark with a Z@suppo.filinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down1·10 hours agoSome previous article which contained valve’s response, and a description of the scene. I didn’t find it immediately, but I’ll check again.
minus-squareMark with a Z@suppo.filinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 hours agohttps://lemmy.world/post/39297021
minus-squareMark with a Z@suppo.filinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·10 hours agoChild Sexual Abuse Material. Legalese for child porn and adjacent things.
minus-squareSharkAttak@kbin.melroy.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up6·9 hours agoI also was wondering why, it’s always been called CP and then recently they changed acronym 🤷
minus-squarePasserby6497@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·7 hours agoLike the other user said, porn implies some level of consent which children cannot give. Calling it csam ensures there’s no confusion about it being abuse.
minus-squarebobzer@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-26 hours ago Calling it csam ensures there’s no confusion about it being abuse. Just confusion about what the stupid acronym stands for.
minus-squareTrippaSnippa@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·9 hours agoCalling it “porn” makes it sound more legitimate and less like the heinous abuse that it really is.
minus-squareSuburbanl3g3nd@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·10 hours agoPretty sure it’s child sexual abuse material
It was a child doing pony play, riding a naked adult man-horse. The dev claimed it was not sexual.
This was removed later but it’s the build you send for review that gets reviewed. Other stores got a later version, hence why it passed on those.
Dev was not given a chance to remove it as it turns out steam has a policy that anything that resembles CSAM gets denied permanently.
I haven’t heard about the details, what’s your source on that?
As far as I recall, the developer said he didn’t know the actual reason for the ban.
Some previous article which contained valve’s response, and a description of the scene. I didn’t find it immediately, but I’ll check again.
https://lemmy.world/post/39297021
What’s CSAM?
Child Sexual Abuse Material. Legalese for child porn and adjacent things.
I also was wondering why, it’s always been called CP and then recently they changed acronym 🤷
Like the other user said, porn implies some level of consent which children cannot give. Calling it csam ensures there’s no confusion about it being abuse.
Just confusion about what the stupid acronym stands for.
Calling it “porn” makes it sound more legitimate and less like the heinous abuse that it really is.
Pretty sure it’s child sexual abuse material