Senator Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire has written an open letter to Steam owner Gabe Newell about the amount of neo-Nazi and white supremacist content on the platform.
Starting the letter, Hassan said (via Vice): “I write today regarding extremist content on the Steam video game digital distribution service.”
“As the largest digital distribution platform for video games, Steam has tremendous domestic and global reach and is used by players of all ages,” she continued. “Disturbingly, Steam has a significant presence of users displaying and espousing neo-Nazi, extremist, misogynistic and other hateful sentiments.”
The letter then lists examples of neo-Nazi slogans, white supremacist call signs and “the use of photography associated with the Third Reich” found in Steam communities and account names.
“Valve should be taking steps to prevent harmful content, especially given the relationship between online comments and violence in the offline world,” she added.
It comes as earlier this year, both Twitch and Discord were investigated for the role they played in the racially-motivated mass shooting in Buffalo, which claimed the lives of ten people.
