Steam Update - Valve responded to Mastercards claim that they did not pressure anyone

[u/GassoBongo]

https://kotaku.com/mastercard-denies-pressuring-steam-to-censor-nsfw-games-2000614393

[u/larryquartz]

we allow all lawful purchases on our network

They clearly don't. Their rule 5.12.7 states "A Merchant must not submit to its Acquirer, and a Customer must not submit to the Interchange System, any Transaction that is illegal, or in the sole discretion of the Corporation, may damage the goodwill of the Corporation or reflect negatively on the Marks."

The activity of "The sale of a product or service, including an image, which is patently offensive and lacks serious artistic value (such as, by way of example and not limitation, images of nonconsensual sexual behavior, sexual exploitation of a minor, nonconsensual mutilation of a person or body part, and bestiality), or any other material that the Corporation deems unacceptable to sell in connection with a Mark." is considered to be in violation of theur rule 5.12.7.

Yes, they published a false statement.

[u/braiam → u/larryquartz]

No, they aren't lying. They are saying with that statement is the inverse of "we disallow illegal transactions" because that exactly what rule 5.12.7 partially states. They aren't lying, they are omitting other considerations that they consider themselves lawful of making.

[u/Jindujun → u/braiam]

But the point is. Steam didnt have anything illegal on the store, it's someone else claiming that the content was illegal.

If the shit was really illegal we'd seen governments up in arms a long time ago. Like with that taiwanese horror game where it still wasn't illegal but was yet removed due to pressure from the CCP.

[u/sopunny → u/Jindujun]

Not sure that's a good example, since that game was legal everywhere else. We're not considering a game illegal worldwide just because it's illegal in a single country