The Australian government have issued transparency notices to Roblox, Minecraft, Fortnite and Steam asking what they're doing to tackle grooming and extremism.
  • ChicoSuave@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    4 hours ago

    Australia doesn’t understand digital markets. Amazon and Google deliver more harmful content to minors than games that are price gated.

  • Albbi@piefed.caEnglish
    6·
    5 hours ago

    One of these things is not like the others. One of these things just doesn’t belong.

  • hoshikarakitaridia@lemmy.worldEnglish
    27·
    7 hours ago

    Dude what

    We just found a sex trafficking pedophile ring with ties to the white house, Russia, UAE, UK and many more country leaders and you are concerned about Steam? Fuck you, you’re part of the problem.

  • CaptObvious@literature.cafeEnglish
    8·
    6 hours ago

    Australia are headed to Chinese style authoritarianism at this rate. Why not go ahead and nationalize everything and make it outright illegal for average citizens to participate in the world? Doing it all at once will save time. <smh>

    • Sanctus@anarchist.nexusEnglish
      4·
      4 hours ago

      Chinese people are able to play these games lol Australia is straight up worse in that department. They seem to be the hotbed for a lot of anti-video game shit that then tries to go global.

      • CaptObvious@literature.cafeEnglish
        1·
        4 hours ago

        And they’re providing cover for authoritarian urges in Europe and the US, being nominally part of the “West”

  • shani66@ani.socialEnglish
    10·
    7 hours ago

    Please, just get a North Korean style intranet if you are going to be such a nanny state.