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Mastercard can fine Steam $200,000 for selling games they deem have “no artistic value.” After weeks of mass delistings, Valve finally broke their silence with a rare statement exposing how payment processors—not platforms, developers, or governments—actually control what games you can buy.

00:00 Mastercard…
02:19 Collective Shout Responds
04:03 Itch Runs Out of Options
07:15 Steam Tosses A Game
08:39 Valve Explains Why
11:37 The Public Rebellion

Sources:
https://www.collectiveshout.org/steam_campaign_history

https://www.collectiveshout.org/email-payment-processors

https://itch.io/updates/update-on-nsfw-content

This game hasn't been indexed Since October 2024 since it doesn't meet our indexing criteria: itch.io/docs/creator…They are using a "Download" button as a link to Steam. The developer took down any playable files form this page in 2024.

— itch.io (@itch.io) 2025-07-28T20:32:28.095Z

https://itch.io/t/5149036/reindexing-adult-nsfw-content

A disappointing update about VILE: Exhumed…

— Cara Cadaver <3 (@dirtlord77.bsky.social) 2025-07-28T16:46:23.114Z

Not the sort of post I was expecting to be making tonight:A word on the delay of VILE: Exhumed

— Cara Cadaver <3 (@dirtlord77.bsky.social) 2025-07-21T20:33:00.012Z

Vile Is Banned

https://www.mastercard.com/us/en/news-and-trends/press/2025/august/clarifying-recent-headlines-on-gaming-content.html

So, I got a response from Visa
byu/dudeduck inSteam

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

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/whats-going-on-with-steam-and-itchios-crackdown-on-adult-content

#SaveSpeechits been a week, and while we cannot let up pressure on making phone calls, we need to start applying pressure elsewhere now as well!PHASE 2: START MAILING PHYSICAL LETTERSimgur: imgur.com/a/3pVupWQmore comprehensive info can be found here:stop-paypros.neocities.orgyellat.money

— Dieselbrain (@dieselbrain.bsky.social) 2025-07-31T17:21:06.102Z

https://bsky.app/profile/caraellison.bsky.social/post/3luzxqyotzk2k

Gumroad no longer allows most NSFW art, leaving its adult creators panicked

https://aftermath.site/steam-itch-porn-censorship-collective-shout-visa-mastercard-paypal

https://bsky.app/profile/local-misanthrope.bsky.social/post/3lvbjcyw62c2b

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/day6/steam-itch-takedowns-credit-cards-1.7597563

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