White supremacist, Nazi content spread on Steam game service


Extremist images and phrases have proliferated on Steam, which is used by 30 million people at any given moment, according to a survey released Nov 14 by the Anti-Defamation League. — dpa

In August, a teenage boy wearing a neo-Nazi symbol stabbed five people in Eskişehir, Türkiye. Shortly after, authorities found his profile on Steam, the most popular online video-game marketplace.

Valve Corp’s Steam sells thousands of video games and hosts forums and communities for video-game discussions. But instead of conversing about games like Call Of Duty, the attacker, known as Arda K., was sharing his reverence for mass shooters.

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