Open letter to payment processors profiting from rape, incest + child abuse games on Steam
Mr Alex Chriss, Chief Executive Officer and President, Paypal
Mr Michael Miebach, Chief Executive Officer, Mastercard
Mr Ryan McInerney, Chief Executive Officer, Visa
Mr Bruce Lowthers, Chief Executive Officer, Paysafe Limited
Mr Michael J. Shepherd Director, Interim CEO and President, Discover
Mr Takayoshi Futae, President, CEO and Chairman, Japan Credit Bureau (JCB)
Re: Your corporations facilitating and profiting from rape, incest and child sexual abuse game sales
We the undersigned are writing to request that you cease processing payments on gaming platforms which host rape, incest and child sexual abuse-themed games.
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It's hard to believe that any reputable corporation would desire to profit from the sale of products featuring rape, incest and abuse of children.
But we have discovered seven who are quite happy to take a cut from hundreds of rape, incest and child-abuse themed games which we've found on popular gaming platforms such as Steam and Itch.io.
And while we did get one vile rape and incest game - No Mercy - down from these platforms, unfortunately there are many more like it.
Our research has shown that many of these games would breach Australian classification laws. Most of the content found within the games, including the graphics and the developers descriptions are too distressing for us to include on our website. One of our team members has done extensive research using her Steam account and the content found includes violent sexual torture of women, and children including family members.
It's time to make credit card companies and payment gateways like PayPal, Visa and Mastercard, see that profiting from first player gamified violence against women and children isn't good for their reputation.
Your email today will help them get the message that profiting from simulated sexual violation of women and children doesn't pay.
Please email the companies below and tell them what you think.
We've put some points you can make here:
Rape and incest games:
- Reinforce male sexual entitlement to women and children's bodies
- Put women and girls at risk
- Fuel attitudes that perpetuate real crimes of violence against women
- Destroy empathy
Use this easy email button to send your message to these companies today. Remember it's more meaningful if you add in your own words. We will make more of an impact if each email is different.
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