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Rule 15 is here, and it changes Steam forever. Click this link https://sponsr.is/bootdev_bellularnews and use my code BELLULARNEWS to get 25% off your first payment for boot.dev. Sponsored by Boot.Dev. 00:00 Oh Dear... 02:29 Rule 15 05:40 The Agitators 08:59 This is a Mess 12:06 Valve Said They Wouldn't Do This 14:27 BREAKING: Itch.io falls 16:34 The Fight Back - Sources https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/gettingstarted/onboarding https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/valve-are-now-removing-a-bunch-of-sex-games-from-steam-to-keep-banks-and-card-companies-happy https://www.fool.com/money/research/credit-debit-card-market-share-network-issuer/#:~:text=Credit%20card%20market%20share%20by%20cards%20in%20circulation https://news.law.fordham.edu/jcfl/2021/11/20/the-hidden-specter-of-financial-censorship/ https://www.collectiveshout.org/win-new-steam-policy-games-removed https://www.collectiveshout.org/open-letter-to-payment-processors https://www.collectiveshout.org/wins https://www.collectiveshout.org/win_target_kmart_withdrew_grand_theft_auto_5 https://ghostarchive.org/archive/kP89Y https://www.collectiveshout.org/rape_game_pulled https://www.collectiveshout.org/media-release-payment-gateways https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/02/legal-censorship-paypal-makes-habit-deciding-what-users-can-read https://uk.pcmag.com/social-media/142954/tumblr-explains-why-it-still-bans-porn-blame-credit-card-companies-apple https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/03/payment-processors-are-still-policing-your-sex-life https://web.archive.org/web/20250722032827/https://www.vice.com/en/article/this-group-takes-responsibility-for-steams-payment-processor-censorship-policies-they-just-implied-pervert-nerds-cause-societys-problems/ https://bellular.games/loading-screen-the-ilegal-game-being-pulled-from-steam/ https://www.collectiveshout.org/victory-no-mercy https://steamcommunity.com/games/593110/announcements/detail/1666776116200553082 https://www.ign.com/articles/2018/05/19/valve-threatens-popular-erotic-games-on-steam-with-take-down-warnings-unless-adult-content-is-censored https://itch.io/updates/update-on-nsfw-content https://itch.io/docs/general/faq https://bsky.app/profile/daff.space/post/3luounfexf22c https://bsky.app/profile/daff.space/post/3luooe3nv4k2c https://bsky.app/profile/halfrobot.com/post/3luoih2cusc2g
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