Hey, I don't know if you've heard about this or not, but… there's pornography on Steam. Despite increasing restrictions around adult content on both Valve's platform and across the internet, you can still find all sorts of extremely adult material there. While Valve has historically tried to take a hands-off approach to moderation – at least in principle – it was apparently a pretty contentious topic between Gabe Newell and Valve's top lawyer.
That's according to a wide-ranging report from Bloomberg (paid article link), detailing some of Valve's history in the context of an ongoing class action antitrust lawsuit against the company. Based on interviews with anonymous former Valve employees, the report paints Newell as an unusually hands-off executive – except for the times when he's not.
