ADL Report Criticizes Steam for Hosting Extremist Content

The Anti-Defamation League accuses Valve of failing to adequately moderate hate and extremism on its gaming platform, Steam.

The ADL's report highlights millions of instances of extremist and hateful content on Steam, including anti-Semitic symbols and terrorist group logos.
The analysis identified 1.83 million unique pieces of extremist content from 1.5 million users across 73,824 groups.
Extremist symbols such as swastikas and derogatory versions of Pepe the Frog are prevalent among user avatars.
Valve is criticized for its 'highly permissive' content policy and selective moderation in response to external pressure.
The ADL urges Valve to implement and enforce stricter policies to combat hate and extremism on the platform.