Steam threaten by the CIA

[Straight White Male]

https://x.com/MikeBenzCyber/status/1857704574687027487
The Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, which oversees the CIA, is using an ADL report to openly threaten Steam (the world’s language gaming platform) that it has to censor language, keywords, and accounts, reminding Steam that is “financially successful” for now.

[xBCxRangers]

引用自 Boblin the Goblin：

引用自 xBCxRangers：

What you are trying to again do, is convince us a nickel is fifty cents. Steam is an online platform where children communicate. That case is closed.

Don't need to try and convince anyone of anything. It's a pretty simple concept.

Sometimes people think they are holding fifty cents and refuse to look down and see it's a nickel.

This is the nickel..

(9) ONLINE PLATFORM.—The term “online platform” means any public-facing website, online service, online application, or mobile application that predominantly provides a community forum for user generated content, such as sharing videos, images, games, audio files, or other content, including a social media service, social network, or virtual reality environment.

That is Steam. Lets move on.

[Boblin the Goblin]

引用自 xBCxRangers：

引用自 Komarimaru：

From reading the article and what's changed, Valve is already doing what's asked anyway. Guess that means Valve is one step ahead of everyone else.

Are they able to prevent we, you or i from communicating with children? Have they raised the age of access to 17? Then the answer is they have not yet complied, which they should not have too, being it was not yet passed.

They don't store the age of their users.

They aren't legally required to. Even with the legislation in question.

So again, they already do everything asked in the legislation since they don't store the age of their users. Even though it doesn't apply to them since Steam isn't a gaming website, online platform, or social media.

[Boblin the Goblin]

引用自 xBCxRangers：

引用自 Boblin the Goblin：

Don't need to try and convince anyone of anything. It's a pretty simple concept.

Sometimes people think they are holding fifty cents and refuse to look down and see it's a nickel.

This is the nickel..

(9) ONLINE PLATFORM.—The term “online platform” means any public-facing website, online service, online application, or mobile application that predominantly provides a community forum for user generated content, such as sharing videos, images, games, audio files, or other content, including a social media service, social network, or virtual reality environment.

That is Steam. Lets move on.

I highlighted the important part. Thanks for showing that Steam isn't an online platform though.

[xBCxRangers]

And there it is OP. Obviously the government is being proactive on these matters, certainly with children.

It would be no surprise, the government watchdog groups being the Government Accountability Office and the Senate and House oversight committees are going to start aiming in on these gaming sites.

It was just a matter of time before that time, caught up with Mr Newell.

[Boblin the Goblin]

引用自 xBCxRangers：

And there it is OP. Obviously the government is being proactive on these matters, certainly with children.

It would be no surprise, the government watchdog groups being the Government Accountability Office and the Senate and House oversight committees are going to start aiming in on these gaming sites.

It was just a matter of time before that time, caught up with Mr Newell.

What does "predominantly" mean?

[xBCxRangers]

引用自 Boblin the Goblin：

引用自 xBCxRangers：

This is the nickel..

(9) ONLINE PLATFORM.—The term “online platform” means any public-facing website, online service, online application, or mobile application that predominantly provides a community forum for user generated content, such as sharing videos, images, GAMES, audio files, or other content, including a social media service, social network, or virtual reality environment.

That is Steam. Lets move on.

I highlighted the important part. Thanks for showing that Steam isn't an online platform though.

Thank you, and so i capitalized the word GAMES in my quote, for you. Unless you're going to tell us, that is not what Steam predominately provides.

[Straight White Male]

引用自 Boblin the Goblin：

引用自 xBCxRangers：

And there it is OP. Obviously the government is being proactive on these matters, certainly with children.

It would be no surprise, the government watchdog groups being the Government Accountability Office and the Senate and House oversight committees are going to start aiming in on these gaming sites.

It was just a matter of time before that time, caught up with Mr Newell.

What does "predominantly" mean?

We understand it's hard to understand things like this when all you know is pronouns.
adverb
In a predominant manner.
In a predominant manner. Most commonly or frequently by a large margin.

[Komarimaru]

引用自 xBCxRangers：

引用自 Komarimaru：

From reading the article and what's changed, Valve is already doing what's asked anyway. Guess that means Valve is one step ahead of everyone else.

Are they able to prevent we, you or i from communicating with children? Have they raised the age of access to 17? Then the answer is they have not yet complied, which they should not have too, being it was not yet passed.

Considering none of that's a requirement, no.

Did you not read it? Sounds like you didn't.

[Boblin the Goblin]

引用自 xBCxRangers：

引用自 Boblin the Goblin：

I highlighted the important part. Thanks for showing that Steam isn't an online platform though.

Thank you, and so i capitalized the word GAMES in my quote, for you. Unless you're going to tell us, that is not what Steam predominately provides.

Steam sells games.

It doesn't predominantly provide a forum for user generated content. Which is what the definition is.

The storefront is the predominate part of Steam. Which isn't a forum for user generated content.

That's how sentence structur works in English.

[Boblin the Goblin]

引用自 Straight White Male：

引用自 Boblin the Goblin：

What does "predominantly" mean?

We understand it's hard to understand things like this when all you know is pronouns.
adverb
In a predominant manner.
In a predominant manner. Most commonly or frequently by a large margin.

I'll give that a 5/10.

[Komarimaru]

If anyone thinks the forums are the predominant feature of Steam... They make want to rethink that.

[xBCxRangers]

引用自 Straight White Male：

引用自 Boblin the Goblin：

What does "predominantly" mean?

We understand it's hard to understand things like this when all you know is pronouns.
adverb
In a predominant manner.
In a predominant manner. Most commonly or frequently by a large margin.

Well you have to understand, these folks will go at anything to protect this company for what it "predominately" is. Which is an online game store, a online gaming platform, an online platform within itself, and social media platform. All combined.

It seems Steam has obviously failed the test of the legislation.

Next they will tell us, we're not doing what we're doing here at this moment. That we do not play games on this platform. That this is 'predominately" an offline platform, where no children can at all partake.

What this simply is, is Mr Newells Offline Gaming store

Never gets old lol.

[Boblin the Goblin]

引用自 Komarimaru：

If anyone thinks the forums are the predominant feature of Steam... They make want to rethink that.

For some users, they are the predominant feature.

[Boblin the Goblin]

引用自 xBCxRangers：

引用自 Straight White Male：

We understand it's hard to understand things like this when all you know is pronouns.
adverb
In a predominant manner.
In a predominant manner. Most commonly or frequently by a large margin.

Well you have to understand, these folks will go at anything to protect this company for what it "predominately" is. Which is a game store, a gaming platform, an online platforn, and social media platform.

Next they will tell us, we're not doing what we're doing here at this moment. That we do not play games on this platform. That this is 'predominately" an offline platform, where no children can at all partake.

What this simply is, is Mr Newells Offline Gaming store

Never gets old lol. Only i do apparently.

Steam can't be predominantly four things. That literally goes against what predominantly means.

[Straight White Male]

引用自 Boblin the Goblin：

引用自 Straight White Male：

We understand it's hard to understand things like this when all you know is pronouns.
adverb
In a predominant manner.
In a predominant manner. Most commonly or frequently by a large margin.

I'll give that a 5/10.

Don't hurt yourself.