Following his trial for defamation of the families of the children and school staff killed in the Sandy Hook massacre, conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is using Valve Corp.’s Steam, the world’s largest digital distribution platform for PC games, to sell an Infowars-themed video game. Jones claims to have earned hundreds of thousands in revenue from the video game, yet he has refused to pay the Sandy Hook families. Alex Jones: NWO Wars also mirrors and cartoonishly repackages the conspiracy theorist’s regularly violent, hateful rhetoric despite the platform’s policies against hate speech.

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    10 months ago

    Didn’t they also rule against AI artwork? Seems that where their pocket book and legal worries are concerned, Valve treads lightly. Moral concerns and societal obligations? Not so much.

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      10 months ago

      They also told a dev to stop developing a game since if they gave the go ahead Nintendo could potentially go after them.

      They care about money more than anything else, just like any other corporation.

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        10 months ago

        I don’t think you need to care about money more than anything else to realize that avoiding a potential lawsuit from a notoriously litigious and powerful company is a wise decision

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          10 months ago

          They could have given a different answer, or worked with them to find a solution, but they went with the cheapest and easiest.

          As I said earlier, fans excuse and hide the rest.