'Legality is not the defining factor': Anti-porn group that pressured Steam and Itch.io adult game delistings says it goes after games it doesn't like 'even when they are not illegal'

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Ever since it claimed victory when payment processors compelled Steam to delist a number of adult games from its service, Australian anti-porn group Collective Shout has been relatively quiet, save for when its founder—pro-life conservative Christian Melinda Tankard Reist—popped up on X to denounce those upset about the delistings as "porn sick brain rotted pedo gamer fetishists."

Now, group campaigns manager Caitlin Roper has had a chat—via email—with TweakTown, explaining a bit more about the group's worldview, targets, and the response it's had so far. I suspect it will not help: "Legality is not the defining factor" in how Collective Shout chooses its targets, explains Roper, "it is about documented evidence of harm to women and girls.