Adl Claims That Steam Is Harboring Extremists Are They Wrong
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has released a report stating that Steam is harboring extremists and providing a platform for them to spread hateful ideology. The report identifies various trends among accounts declaring extremist sentiment and outlines suggestions for Valve to address its growth within Steam’s userbase. Gaming is an enormous and oftentimes vitriolic industry, which can make it easier for violent sentiments to fly under the radar. The ADL’s 2019 national survey of multiplayer gamers found that 23 percent of players were exposed to white supremacist ideology when playing online games....