the game "Horses" now barred on Steam, Epic and Humble Bundle

https://lemmy.zip/post/54275608

The game "Horses" now barred on Steam, Epic and Humble Bundle - Lemmy.zip

Currently, only GOG and Itch are still selling this game.

content that appears, in our judgment, to depict sexual conduct involving a minor

I’m assuming they don’t mean a suggestive camera pan, but actually something problematic on screen, in which case, I totally support the ban. Devs were given the opportunity to change it, and they said no. Ban away imho. The fact that this is considered controversial is pretty disturbing to me.

It was a child doing pony play, riding a naked adult man-horse. The dev claimed it was not sexual.

This was removed later but it’s the build you send for review that gets reviewed. Other stores got a later version, hence why it passed on those.

What’s CSAM?
Pretty sure it’s child sexual abuse material
Child Sexual Abuse Material. Legalese for child porn and adjacent things.
I also was wondering why, it's always been called CP and then recently they changed acronym 🤷
Calling it “porn” makes it sound more legitimate and less like the heinous abuse that it really is.
Like the other user said, porn implies some level of consent which children cannot give. Calling it csam ensures there’s no confusion about it being abuse.

Calling it csam ensures there’s no confusion about it being abuse.

Just confusion about what the acronym stands for.

I mean, it’s not like people were miraculously born with the knowledge of what CP meant. That had to be learned just like CSAM.