the article OP is referring was on a shitty sensationalist website and the guy in question provocated Steam Support multiple times and had many chances to back off before they had enough of his shenanigans

Then again lets conveniently leave out such details because "DURR STEAM EVIL", right?

I will let you be the judge if you wanna believe the story or not

https:/www.oneangrygamer.net/2020/06/steam-user-loses-game-library-after-valve-perma-bans-him-for-extreme-raci sm/110937/

Are you seriously going down this path of comparing sexual assault with not being able to do whatever you want on someone elses private platform without repercussions? except no, he didnt

He got banned after provoking staff and moderators multiple times despite multiple warnings and temporary bans

Facts can be a b** i dunno, acting like an intelligent human being usually helps not getting banned

And devs who are actually trying to censor will get karma bite them in the ass soon enough.

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Let's see if there's room for ambiguity. From example that was posted the first time he got banned was for making this argument which translates, in slightly encrypted form, to:

"Get effed N-word Facigarette Cluck"

That was the whole sentence.

No crackdown ever happened, just some trashy site posted a sob story of an idiot who decided to push his luck despite numerous warnings and opportunity given to back off but nope. It has nothing to do with racism other than an asshole being mad that he cannot freely be an asshole and not being punished for it.

Actions have consequences in real life. Disappointing, i know.


word of wise: when you play stupid games, you will win stupid prizes.

Yeah even by his own words he just kept going back at support again and again even after repeated warnings not to do so anymore. It's extremely similar of the other game ban we know of of the guy who got himself banned by harassing support.

Rubbish,

I got banned from the community forums 6-7 years ago for pointing out that Steam mods were hiding unwanted (anything about SFS being unusable) topics in "hints and tips".

It is your reasoning indeed. A company which resides in any country has to enforce the laws of the country where it has its headquaters. Since Valve is situated in the United States Of America, and the United States Of America has free speech inside of its own constitution, the same law has to be applied in all both public and private services. And just like rape is a punishable offence in the United States Of America, so should be rape punished if it happenes inside of the mentioned private company. It is this basic.

He had some bans before, but ultimately he got last and final ban for racist speech. Which is good thing, since previous warnings and bans made him learn nothing.
I'm sorry, but he got ban for racism. completely justified, but claiming he got ban for trouble with steam is like claiming cops just don't love you while you steal from houses.

Ow I see, this is based on your misconceptions about American "Free Speech". In the US you're protected from *the government* restricting your free speech. That law does not apply to private entities or individuals.

Well i'm sortoff glad this steam version works a lot better, every shitpost shall be contained and thy name will be set up front!!!!

It's a business that's abusing it's position or being threatened by outside forces e.g some american censorship scam.

Hey guys we got a real hater pickup here......that sounds like retaliation and would be contractually illegal.

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I know that nowhere in the contract does it state the company will violate fair treatment of customers and promote arbitrary and unlawful discrimination. Lawyers may roll you in the USA but in other countries there is a semblance of legal purity and not just straight corporate favouritism. I'd like to talk to any lawyer who thinks otherwise.

Protip for you: Lawyers in the USA can't win debates. Only in their phony courts do they "win".

I'm going to bring some knowledge in this discussion for you, and anyone else who doesn't know. The reason why free speech doesn't apply to private companies is a simple one.

The actual wording of the 1st amendment states that "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances." This means that the federal government cannot make a law that inhibits speech or religion and cannot interfere with the free press or lawful assembly. The 14th amendment further passes this restriction to any state entity.

What this essentially means is that no government actor can inhibit speech in the US. Private companies are not government actors and are entitled to, by virtue of the 1st amendment, their own speech. This includes the limiting of speech that they don't want representing them on their own platform if they are, say, a social media platform. Facebook and Twitter have both come under fire for their left leaning political views and the censorship of some right leaning participants on those platforms. They have been sued under the premise of first amendment violations. All lawsuits have been immediately dismissed due to Facebook and Twitter not being government actors.

So your logic is terribly flawed, sadly. Hopefully this has been educational for you.

Sadly the irony of corporations restricting speech and not believing in free speech is completely lost on you.