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Turkey prepares to block Steam and Epic Games. Hello, piracy! (www.pcgamer.com)
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Hey everyone.

Government of Türkiye is pushing a new regulation that would force Steam, Epic, PlayStation etc. to appoint local representatives. If they refuse? The whole platform gets banned.

They also want full access to user data and the power to arbitrarily ban "risky" content. This isn't just a Turkish thing, governments everywhere are trying to pull this crap. They think blocking platforms will control us? All they are doing is driving people straight to VPNs and piracy. If you make it impossible to buy games legally, we'll just sail the high seas for free.

Thanks for the boost, I guess.

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Turkish government proposes legislation that would throttle Steam and other gaming platforms into unusability if they don't comply with demands for company data and content removal | Companies tha... (www.pcgamer.com)
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Original Title: Turkish government proposes legislation that would throttle Steam and other gaming platforms into unusability if they don't comply with demands for company data and content removal | Companies that fail to deliver information within five days face escalating fines and up to 90% bandwidth restriction