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Steam Doesn't Think This Image Is ‘Suitable for All Ages’ | The decision highlights hurdles faced by developers as they navigate a world where credit card companies dictate what is and isn't appropriate.


The decision highlights hurdles faced by developers as they navigate a world where credit card companies dictate what is and isn't appropriate.

was meant to be announced weeks ago but the Steam page didn't pass the first review because a screenshot marked as "Suitable for all ages" had suggestive themes. “I thought the screenshot flagging was funny because they seem to have interpreted that low poly character as having no underwear, maybe due to the purple color matching the hair,” Pedercini, who releases games under the name Molleindustria, told 404 Media. The payment processors themselves were bowing to a pressure campaign from the organization Collective Shout, which describes itself as being “for anyone concerned about the increasing pornification of culture” and which argued that many of the adult games normalized violence against women.

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