Gaming: Turkish Government Proposes Legislation That Would Throttle Steam...

Gaming: Turkish Government Proposes Legislation That Would Throttle Steam...

Companies that fail to deliver their information within five days would face escalating fines and up to 90% bandwidth restriction.

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Türkiye's Family and Social Services Ministry, as part of wider legislation aimed at restricting child social media access, has drafted legislation that would impose restrictions and intensive oversight on Steam, Epic, and other digital gaming platforms (via Türkiye Today).

While the legislation hasn't yet undergone parliamentary consideration, it would allow the Turkish government under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, routinely and credibly accused of authoritarian media censorship and information suppression, to restrict traffic on platforms to the point of being unusable if they don't comply with its requirements.

Source: PC Gamer