- With over 200 million active users, Valve’s Steam service is the world’s largest digital game platform.
- A controversial game on Steam had players playing the role of a school shooter, which sparked outrage after images of the game went viral. The game was removed from Steam by Valve.
- As a result, Valve is revising Steam’s policy on what content is allowed: Going forward, all games are allowed on Steam. The company will create tools so users can filter what content they do and don’t see.
- Valve says the policy is a means of enabling users to police themselves. As a Steam user, it’s hard to see this policy as anything other than Valve abdicating responsibility for its massive platform.
In late May, Roseanne Barr opened Twitter and made a huge mistake: She tweeted a horrifically offensive, racist remark.
Hours later, despite the massive success of the “Roseanne” revival, ABC canceled her show. It was a decisive move with no caveat. “Roseanne’s Twitter statement is abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values, and we have decided to cancel her show,” ABC Entertainment President Channing Dungey said in a statement.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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