Collective Shout
| Basic information | |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2009 |
| Legal structure | Private |
| Industry | Lobbying, Activism |
| Official website | https://www.collectiveshout.org/ |
Collective Shout is an Australian activist group founded in 2009, claiming to be: "a grassroots movement challenging the objectification of women and sexualisation of girls in media, advertising and popular culture".[1]
Incidents
Pressure campaign against payment processors
Main artice: Valve complying with ISPs and payment processors
In July 2025, Collective Shout launched a public campaign "demanding credit card companies and PayPal block payments" for games on sites like Steam and Itch.io.[2][3]
Itch.io responded by de-indexing NSFW content on July 24.[4] Itch.io re-indexed free NSFW content on July 31.[5]
They claim to have lobbied payment processors after sending 3,000 emails to Steam and receiving no response.[6][7]
Alongside NSFW content they also wanted to get games like 'Detroit Become Human' and 'Mouthwashing' gone from the gaming platforms. Mainly for 'violence against women', which in the case of 'Detroit Become Human' was to show how horrible domestic abuse actually is for the people in the situation and to bring awareness to that happening in our society.
See also
References
- ↑ "Collective Shout". Collective Shout. Archived from the original on 2025-07-20. Retrieved 2025-08-07.
- ↑ Bita, Natasha (15 July 2025). "Child safety group finds 500 online 'games' role-playing rape and incest". The Australian. Archived from the original on 18 July 2025. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
- ↑ Evans-Thirlwell, Edwin (22 July 2025). "Anti-porn group who tried to ban GTA 5 claim credit for Steam's sex game crackdown". Rock Paper Shotgun. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
- ↑ "Update on NSFW content". Itch.io. 2025-07-24.
- ↑ "Reindexing adult NSFW content". Itch.io. 2025-07-31.
- ↑ "Steam at Collective Shout". Collective Shout. Archived from the original on 2025-07-20. Retrieved 2025-08-07.
- ↑ Ore, Jonathan (31 July 2025). "How an anti-porn lobby on payment processors censored thousands of video games". CBC. Retrieved 1 August 2025.