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Free adult NSFW content returns to itch.io, as one of the platform’s major payment processors expresses hope to ‘support adult content in the future’

Free adult NSFW content returns to itch.io, as one of the platform’s major payment processors expresses hope to ‘support adult content in the future’

In a note to developers, Itch.io founder Leaf Corcoran has confirmed that free adult content will be re-indexed on the platform, alongside a new content warning system. It follows the wholesale de-indexing of adult content on the indie game marketplace due to pressure applied by an anti-pornography lobby group on major credit card processors.

Since Itch.io is much smaller than Steam, and is a user-generated content platform where material can be published “with minimal barriers”, Itch.io was forced to take a sledgehammer approach to content removal after it came under the scrutiny of its payment processors. Reindexing free material—which doesn’t require payment processing—is the first step towards addressing a problem that was impossible for the platform to immediately fix with any nuance.

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