【翻訳まとめ】Steamは性的要素があっても無くても、児童搾取の要素を持つゲームは認めない。理由はワシントンのわいせつ法。

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A Valve employee familiar with the adult content policy has shared some details in response to developer complaints about seemingly arbitrary game bans on Steam. twitter.com/thatJaneNg/sta…

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For one, a new option has been added in the report menu for games: Report child exploitation. pic.twitter.com/AbSEoXmuWB

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Any game that, regardless of the presence of sexual content, features "child exploitation" is not allowed. This means that loli content is effectively banned from Steam. Presumably, Xenosaga Ep. 1 uncut would've also been banned from Steam.

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The Valve employee also comments that games with school-aged children will receive special scrutiny pic.twitter.com/nGMi15EV8Q

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The Valve employee further confirms the ban on child exploitation and comments on the Key to Home ban. She claims that the ban on "child exploitation" in games without sexual content is due to Washington state obscenity law, not Valve's own discretion. pic.twitter.com/9NI4oSUAIn

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@StarKitsune0 shared some additional screenshots from the conversation. These indicate that part of the issue with Key to Home may have been insufficient disclosure during content review, Thus the reason for its ban may as much a compliance issue as a legal one. pic.twitter.com/bXLpWG1rpB

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Key to Home publisher @Henteko_Doujin has replied with additional details about their interactions with Valve. They remain puzzled why their game was banned from Steam, and say the game raised no flags in initial review. twitter.com/Henteko_Doujin…

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.@Henteko_Doujin and Valve received a surge of condemning messages and reports from users, after which Key to Home was banned from Steam with the message that, "We won't be able to release content that exploits or sexualizes children in anyway." twitter.com/Henteko_Doujin…

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After the ban, @Henteko_Doujin 's attempts to contact Valve and clarify why the game was banned were ignored. twitter.com/Henteko_Doujin…

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.@Henteko_Doujin further emphasizes that the game has no sexual content, and provides an image from the scene that Valve seems to have had issue with to underscore that it's not pornographic. twitter.com/Henteko_Doujin…