A new report has revealed a heated debate inside Valve over pornographic games on Steam.
According to former employees, Valve’s top lawyer suggested the company take a stronger role in moderating adult content on the platform.
Gabe Newell reportedly disagreed, saying, “What the f*** do I pay you for if that’s your opinion?”
The quote comes from accounts shared by former employees and has not been publicly confirmed by Valve.
If this is true, Gabe Newell is even more based.
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Payment processors are increasingly restricting adult content creators.
PayPal has started issuing permanent account limitations to artists who accept payments for lewd or adult-themed commissions, citing policy violations and unusual activity.
This follows Stripe’s recent move to block lewd projects on Kickstarter.
Private companies are enforcing stricter content rules that go beyond legal requirements. Many independent creators are forced to find alternatives like crypto.
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A Japanese creator platform is introducing stricter censorship rules for adult content, including older works already approved in the past.
Creators must now use stronger mosaic and blur effects on explicit content to comply with the platform’s updated rules.
The biggest issue is that these changes also affect older content, requiring creators to edit and re-upload works they sold or published years ago.
This is part of a broader trend in Japan’s online adult content industry. Many platforms have recently adopted stricter rules due to pressure from payment processors.
Most people believe the rules are too strict and create extra problems for artists and creators.
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A small Japanese game maker called Mousou no Mayu cannot receive money from Steam for the all-ages version of their game Hustle Battle Card Gamers.
The bank Daishi Hokuetsu Bank stopped payments from other countries after reviewing the anime-style pictures and claiming some characters look like children, even though the game has no adult content.
The bank also warned it may block funds from Japanese sites like DLsite and FANZA but gave the game maker a short grace period, so the maker now plans to change banks.
This is happening more often with Japanese banks and small game makers as banks block payments based on their own views of game content.
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Utah has a new law about VPNs and age checks for adult websites that starts next week.
The law called Senate Bill 73 requires websites with adult content to check the age of people in Utah before they can see it using simple checks like ID cards
Using a VPN or any tool to hide your location does not help and if you are really in Utah the website must still check your age while websites cannot tell people how to use VPNs or other tricks to get around the rules.
Websites that break the rules can face lawsuits and fines, Utah is the first state to make rules like this about VPNs.
The law does not ban VPN services and it does not affect news sites or internet providers but privacy groups say this could mean more ID checks for everyone and make VPNs less useful for normal privacy needs.
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UK-based VTuber and artist Mimi Yanagi was arrested on April 20 for her own drawings of anime-style characters.
These drawings were 100% fictional, made up by her, with no real people involved.
UK law still treats these kinds of drawings as illegal child pornography, police took all her computers and devices.
She has now been released on bail, but she is not allowed to post any “adult” content. She must also use an account name approved by the police.
The UK is lost, you can’t even draw now, they will put you in prison
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Top countries by adult content consumption:
🇺🇸 United States
🇮🇳 India
🇯🇵 Japan
🇧🇷 Brazil
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
🇫🇷 France
🇲🇽 Mexico
🇩🇪 Germany
🇵🇭 Philippines
🇨🇦 Canada
(Source: SimilarWeb / global survey data)
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Okay I have to let this account take a break because anything I post jae a human in will be marked as adult content? haha see down of my casual nature views for several days! cute 💅🏻 pic!
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