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Australian anti-porn group claims responsibility for Steam's new censorship rules in victory against 'porn sick brain rotted pedo gamer fetishists', and things only get weirder from there (www.pcgamer.com)
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[–] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 47 points 4 days ago (2 children)

https://www.gameshub.com/news/article/australian-anti-porn-group-collective-shout-escalates-its-war-for-video-game-censorship-2736180

Collective Shout is a self-described feminist non-partisan organization, but has alleged ties with anti-trans and conservative organizations. The group has developed a reputation as a sort of puritan crusade that targets everything from Detroit: Become Human to Tyler, the Creator.

This one quote tells me what kind of people Collective Shout are. First, Collective Shout will go after the low hanging fruit and then will move to LGBT themed games.

[–] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 20 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It's a hate group and Valve is caving to them.

[–] kshade@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

That would mean that they actually are responsible. I don't think that's correct, at best they complained to payment processors to make them enforce their pre-existing bullshit rules. That's where the problem lies IMO, those corporations should not be allowed to ban paying for legal goods and services, especially since they have formed a cartel.

[–] skisnow@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

There's ample evidence that a lot of recent self-identifying "feminist" grassroots organisations worldwide are fronts for (or sponsored by) christo-fascist organisations.

After gay marriage passed to widespread popular support in multiple countries, there was a whole considered and deliberate regrouping, where they identified trans rights and porn as wedge issues that they could present their bigoted view as a progressive one. That's why we're suddenly inundated with orgs like this one; they're posing as feminists and progressives but they're actually bigots trying to occupy progressive or mainstream spaces, and give shelter to bigotry in others.

[–] Angry_Autist@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

And yet when you call them out for co-opting the feminist label, instead of being outed by actual feminists, their detractors are publicly lambasted as being anti-feminist.

Mission accomplished