Mark R. Warner (D-VA) sent a letter to Valve asking what the company intends to do about the extremely high levels of hateful content on Steam.
US Senator Mark Warner has sent a letter to Valve CEO Gabe Newell asking if the company intends to take measures to curtail extremist content on Steam. The letter references a report by the Anti-Defamation League that identified a large number of user accounts and user-created groups “that glorified antisemitic, Nazi, white supremacist, gender- and sexuality-based hate, and other extremist ideologies” on the PC gaming platform.
” “It is reasonable to question how committed Valve is to effectively implement and enforce Valve’s own, self-created Conduct Policy for its users,” the letter reads. Content moderation has long been an issue for Steam. Valve only implemented moderation of its video game discussion boards in 2018 after previously leaving the responsibility to the developers themselves.
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