Itch.io announced the removal of adult and not-safe-for-work games from its browse and search pages. This decision resulted from a campaign led by Collective Shout, targeting games that promote sexual violence against women. Collective Shout urged payment processors to reconsider their relationships with platforms hosting such content. Both Steam and Itch.io acknowledged the need to comply with payment partners, indicating that this compliance is critical for the platforms' operations. Itch.io is currently auditing its game offerings to meet payment processor standards, with adult content remaining deindexed for now.
Collective Shout stated that games endorsing men's sexualised abuse and torture of women and girls undermine efforts to address violence against women.
The campaign by Collective Shout has led to Itch.io deindexing adult and not-safe-for-work games to maintain its relationships with payment processors.
Itch.io emphasized that to sustain operations and provide a marketplace for developers, compliance with payment partners is essential.
Itch.io is conducting a comprehensive audit to ensure that games on the platform align with payment processors' requirements.
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