Steam has taken down content from its platform in Russia following complaints from the government. In doing so, it appears that the Steam game distribution platform will be allowed to continue doing business with customers from the country.
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has had an impact in tremendous ways, leading to an outright ban on numerous services and businesses that had previously been operating or otherwise made available in Russia. Everything from McDonald's to Discord have been banned in Russia, but it looks like Steam is safe for the moment.
Steam's new policy brings accountability to digital gaming, but it also reveals an ugly truth about where the industry is going.
According to a report from Russian state-controlled platform Interfax, Steam complied with orders to remove a number of webpages and "banned materials" from the platform. What exactly was removed hasn't been expressly stated by either Russian officials or Steam. In all, it's said that eleven webpages and over 260 pieces of content were removed. While Russia's Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media stated that these contents have been removed, it's likely that the content is still available to users in other areas. Removing...
