[
  {
    "id": "1994-09-16-esrb-rule",
    "date": "1994-09-16",
    "precision": "day",
    "actor": "ESRB",
    "actor_type": "ratings board",
    "event_type": "rule",
    "region": "United States and Canada",
    "summary": "The Entertainment Software Rating Board is founded. Its original ratings include Adults Only (AO).",
    "source_title": "Wikipedia: Entertainment Software Rating Board",
    "source_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entertainment_Software_Rating_Board",
    "source_type": "secondary"
  },
  {
    "id": "2005-07-20-esrb-restriction",
    "date": "2005-07-20",
    "precision": "day",
    "actor": "ESRB",
    "actor_type": "ratings board",
    "event_type": "restriction",
    "region": "United States and Canada",
    "summary": "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is re-rated from M to AO after hidden sexual content is found. Walmart, Target, Best Buy and Circuit City stop selling it.",
    "source_title": "Wikipedia: Hot Coffee (minigame)",
    "source_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Coffee_(minigame)",
    "source_type": "secondary"
  },
  {
    "id": "2006-06-esrb-rule",
    "date": "2006-06",
    "precision": "month",
    "actor": "ESRB",
    "actor_type": "ratings board",
    "event_type": "rule",
    "region": "United States and Canada",
    "summary": "The ESRB begins requiring publishers to disclose content that is on the disc but not normally reachable.",
    "source_title": "Wikipedia: Entertainment Software Rating Board",
    "source_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entertainment_Software_Rating_Board",
    "source_type": "secondary"
  },
  {
    "id": "2011-06-27-us-supreme-court-law-or-ruling",
    "date": "2011-06-27",
    "precision": "day",
    "actor": "US Supreme Court",
    "actor_type": "court or legislature",
    "event_type": "law or ruling",
    "region": "United States",
    "summary": "In Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association the Court strikes down a California law restricting sales of violent games to minors and holds that video games are protected speech.",
    "source_title": "Wikipedia: Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association",
    "source_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_v._Entertainment_Merchants_Association",
    "source_type": "secondary"
  },
  {
    "id": "2012-11-iarc-rule",
    "date": "2012-11",
    "precision": "month",
    "actor": "IARC",
    "actor_type": "ratings board",
    "event_type": "rule",
    "region": "Worldwide",
    "summary": "The International Age Rating Coalition is established, giving digital storefronts a free questionnaire that produces ratings for several boards at once.",
    "source_title": "Wikipedia: Entertainment Software Rating Board",
    "source_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entertainment_Software_Rating_Board",
    "source_type": "secondary"
  },
  {
    "id": "2014-03-patreon-payment-change",
    "date": "2014-03",
    "precision": "month",
    "actor": "Patreon",
    "actor_type": "membership platform",
    "event_type": "payment change",
    "region": "Worldwide",
    "summary": "Creators of sexual content can no longer be paid through PayPal on Patreon.",
    "source_title": "Wikipedia: Patreon",
    "source_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patreon",
    "source_type": "secondary"
  },
  {
    "id": "2015-05-twitch-restriction",
    "date": "2015-05",
    "precision": "month",
    "actor": "Twitch",
    "actor_type": "streaming platform",
    "event_type": "restriction",
    "region": "Worldwide",
    "summary": "Twitch bans the streaming of AO-rated games.",
    "source_title": "Wikipedia: List of AO-rated video games",
    "source_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_AO-rated_video_games",
    "source_type": "secondary"
  },
  {
    "id": "2016-07-patreon-payment-change",
    "date": "2016-07",
    "precision": "month",
    "actor": "Patreon",
    "actor_type": "membership platform",
    "event_type": "payment change",
    "region": "Worldwide",
    "summary": "PayPal payments return for adult creators on Patreon.",
    "source_title": "Wikipedia: Patreon",
    "source_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patreon",
    "source_type": "secondary"
  },
  {
    "id": "2017-10-patreon-restriction",
    "date": "2017-10",
    "precision": "month",
    "actor": "Patreon",
    "actor_type": "membership platform",
    "event_type": "restriction",
    "region": "Worldwide",
    "summary": "Patreon introduces new restrictions on adult content, followed by protest from adult creators.",
    "source_title": "Wikipedia: Patreon",
    "source_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patreon",
    "source_type": "secondary"
  },
  {
    "id": "2018-06-steam-relaxation",
    "date": "2018-06",
    "precision": "month",
    "actor": "Steam",
    "actor_type": "store",
    "event_type": "relaxation",
    "region": "Worldwide",
    "summary": "Valve announces it will allow everything on Steam except content that is illegal or trolling.",
    "source_title": "Fortune: Valve will allow everything on the Steam Store (7 June 2018)",
    "source_url": "https://fortune.com/2018/06/07/valve-allow-everything-steam-store",
    "source_type": "secondary"
  },
  {
    "id": "2018-06-patreon-restriction",
    "date": "2018-06",
    "precision": "month",
    "actor": "Patreon",
    "actor_type": "membership platform",
    "event_type": "restriction",
    "region": "Worldwide",
    "summary": "Patreon suspends some adult content creators.",
    "source_title": "Wikipedia: Patreon",
    "source_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patreon",
    "source_type": "secondary"
  },
  {
    "id": "2018-09-steam-rule",
    "date": "2018-09",
    "precision": "month",
    "actor": "Steam",
    "actor_type": "store",
    "event_type": "rule",
    "region": "Worldwide",
    "summary": "Steam introduces content filters and the Adult Only Sexual Content descriptor, hidden by default.",
    "source_title": "Game Developer: Valve's new Steam content filters have finally arrived (6 September 2018)",
    "source_url": "https://gamedeveloper.com/business/valve-s-new-steam-content-filters-have-finally-arrived",
    "source_type": "secondary"
  },
  {
    "id": "2018-09-steam-regional-block",
    "date": "2018-09",
    "precision": "month",
    "actor": "Steam",
    "actor_type": "store",
    "event_type": "regional block",
    "region": "28 countries",
    "summary": "The first fully uncensored adult game on Steam is withheld from 28 countries by its developer.",
    "source_title": "PCGamesN: Steam's first '100% uncensored' adult game won't be sold in 28 countries (September 2018)",
    "source_url": "https://www.pcgamesn.com/steam-uncensored-adult-games",
    "source_type": "secondary"
  },
  {
    "id": "2019-steam-regional-block",
    "date": "2019",
    "precision": "year",
    "actor": "Steam",
    "actor_type": "store",
    "event_type": "regional block",
    "region": "China",
    "summary": "Steam is reported not to show adult-only games to users in China.",
    "source_title": "South China Morning Post: Steam won't let Chinese users see adult only games (2019)",
    "source_url": "https://scmp.com/abacus/games/article/3028857/steam-wont-let-chinese-users-see-adult-only-games",
    "source_type": "secondary"
  },
  {
    "id": "2020-12-10-mastercard-and-visa-payment-change",
    "date": "2020-12-10",
    "precision": "day",
    "actor": "Mastercard and Visa",
    "actor_type": "card network",
    "event_type": "payment change",
    "region": "Worldwide",
    "summary": "Mastercard and Visa stop card payments to Pornhub after a newspaper report about unlawful videos on the site.",
    "source_title": "Bloomberg: Mastercard to cut Pornhub ties; Visa suspends use pending probe (10 December 2020)",
    "source_url": "https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-10/mastercard-to-cut-pornhub-ties-after-finding-illegal-content",
    "source_type": "secondary"
  },
  {
    "id": "2020-12-22-steam-regional-block",
    "date": "2020-12-22",
    "precision": "day",
    "actor": "Steam",
    "actor_type": "store",
    "event_type": "regional block",
    "region": "Germany",
    "summary": "Steam blocks adult-only games for users in Germany, reportedly because its age check does not meet German requirements.",
    "source_title": "Niche Gamer: Steam blocks adult only games in Germany due to insufficient age verification (December 2020)",
    "source_url": "https://nichegamer.com/steam-blocks-adult-only-games-in-germany-due-to-insufficient-age-verification/",
    "source_type": "secondary"
  },
  {
    "id": "2021-08-onlyfans-restriction",
    "date": "2021-08",
    "precision": "month",
    "actor": "OnlyFans",
    "actor_type": "membership platform",
    "event_type": "restriction",
    "region": "Worldwide",
    "summary": "OnlyFans announces a ban on sexually explicit content, citing its banking partners, and suspends the plan within a week.",
    "source_title": "Euronews: OnlyFans suspends its planned ban on sexually explicit content (August 2021)",
    "source_url": "https://www.euronews.com/next/2021/08/25/us-social-media-onlyfans",
    "source_type": "secondary"
  },
  {
    "id": "2021-10-15-mastercard-rule",
    "date": "2021-10-15",
    "precision": "day",
    "actor": "Mastercard",
    "actor_type": "card network",
    "event_type": "rule",
    "region": "Worldwide",
    "summary": "Mastercard's tightened standards for adult content merchants take effect: age and identity verification of everyone depicted, written consent, and review of content before publication.",
    "source_title": "CCBill: Mastercard Standards for Security Rules and Procedures update (7 October 2021)",
    "source_url": "https://ccbill.com/blog/new-mastercard-rules",
    "source_type": "secondary"
  },
  {
    "id": "2023-05-11-dlsite-restriction",
    "date": "2023-05-11",
    "precision": "day",
    "actor": "DLsite",
    "actor_type": "store",
    "event_type": "restriction",
    "region": "Worldwide",
    "summary": "DLsite places a temporary restriction on publishing AI-generated content.",
    "source_title": "Wikipedia: DLsite",
    "source_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DLsite",
    "source_type": "secondary"
  },
  {
    "id": "2024-02-15-dlsite-relaxation",
    "date": "2024-02-15",
    "precision": "day",
    "actor": "DLsite",
    "actor_type": "store",
    "event_type": "relaxation",
    "region": "Worldwide",
    "summary": "DLsite lifts its restriction on AI-generated content, with a revised guideline and a separate space for selling it.",
    "source_title": "Wikipedia: DLsite",
    "source_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DLsite",
    "source_type": "secondary"
  },
  {
    "id": "2024-03-dlsite-restriction",
    "date": "2024-03",
    "precision": "month",
    "actor": "DLsite",
    "actor_type": "store",
    "event_type": "restriction",
    "region": "Worldwide",
    "summary": "Creators on DLsite report being asked to change the descriptions of their works to satisfy card companies.",
    "source_title": "Wikipedia: DLsite",
    "source_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DLsite",
    "source_type": "secondary"
  },
  {
    "id": "2024-04-dlsite-payment-change",
    "date": "2024-04",
    "precision": "month",
    "actor": "DLsite",
    "actor_type": "store",
    "event_type": "payment change",
    "region": "Worldwide",
    "summary": "DLsite's operator announces that its platforms have suspended payments by Visa, Mastercard and American Express.",
    "source_title": "Wikipedia: DLsite",
    "source_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DLsite",
    "source_type": "secondary"
  },
  {
    "id": "2025-02-us-senate-law-or-ruling",
    "date": "2025-02",
    "precision": "month",
    "actor": "US Senate",
    "actor_type": "court or legislature",
    "event_type": "law or ruling",
    "region": "United States",
    "summary": "The Fair Access to Banking Act is introduced. It would bar card networks and large banks from refusing lawful customers for reputational reasons. Not enacted.",
    "source_title": "Free Speech Coalition: Fair Access to Banking Act",
    "source_url": "https://action.freespeechcoalition.com/bill/fair-access-to-banking-act/",
    "source_type": "secondary"
  },
  {
    "id": "2025-02-03-apple-relaxation",
    "date": "2025-02-03",
    "precision": "day",
    "actor": "Apple",
    "actor_type": "app store",
    "event_type": "relaxation",
    "region": "European Union",
    "summary": "The first native adult content app for the iPhone becomes available in the EU through an alternative marketplace permitted under the Digital Markets Act.",
    "source_title": "TechCrunch: report on the first native adult content app for the iPhone in the EU (3 February 2025)",
    "source_url": "https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/03/hot-tub-the-first-native-iphone-porn-app-arrives-in-eu/",
    "source_type": "secondary"
  },
  {
    "id": "2025-03-patreon-rule",
    "date": "2025-03",
    "precision": "month",
    "actor": "Patreon",
    "actor_type": "membership platform",
    "event_type": "rule",
    "region": "Worldwide",
    "summary": "Patreon's guidelines allow nudity and suggestive imagery on pages marked Adult/18+, with consent requirements.",
    "source_title": "Wikipedia: Patreon",
    "source_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patreon",
    "source_type": "secondary"
  },
  {
    "id": "2025-04-10-steam-restriction",
    "date": "2025-04-10",
    "precision": "day",
    "actor": "Steam",
    "actor_type": "store",
    "event_type": "restriction",
    "region": "Worldwide",
    "summary": "The game No Mercy is withdrawn from Steam worldwide by its developer after a petition by Collective Shout and its removal in the United Kingdom, Australia and Canada.",
    "source_title": "Wikipedia: Collective Shout",
    "source_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_Shout",
    "source_type": "secondary"
  },
  {
    "id": "2025-06-27-us-supreme-court-law-or-ruling",
    "date": "2025-06-27",
    "precision": "day",
    "actor": "US Supreme Court",
    "actor_type": "court or legislature",
    "event_type": "law or ruling",
    "region": "United States",
    "summary": "In Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton the Court upholds Texas law HB 1181, which requires age verification on websites where more than one third of the content is sexual material harmful to minors.",
    "source_title": "Faegre Drinker: Supreme Court decides Free Speech Coalition, Inc. v. Paxton (27 June 2025)",
    "source_url": "https://www.faegredrinker.com/en/insights/publications/2025/6/supreme-court-decides-free-speech-coalition-inc-v-paxton",
    "source_type": "secondary"
  },
  {
    "id": "2025-07-paypal-payment-change",
    "date": "2025-07",
    "precision": "month",
    "actor": "PayPal",
    "actor_type": "payment processor",
    "event_type": "payment change",
    "region": "Worldwide",
    "summary": "PayPal stops being available on Steam for most currencies after one of its acquiring banks ends its processing of Steam transactions. Valve links the decision to concerns about content.",
    "source_title": "GamingOnLinux: Valve confirm that Steam purchases with PayPal have been limited to a few select currencies (August 2025)",
    "source_url": "https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/valve-confirm-that-steam-purchases-with-paypal-have-been-limited-to-a-few-select-currencies/",
    "source_type": "secondary"
  },
  {
    "id": "2025-07-united-kingdom-law-or-ruling",
    "date": "2025-07",
    "precision": "month",
    "actor": "United Kingdom",
    "actor_type": "regulator",
    "event_type": "law or ruling",
    "region": "United Kingdom",
    "summary": "The Online Safety Act's duties to protect children from harmful content take full effect, requiring highly effective age assurance on services that allow sexually explicit content.",
    "source_title": "UK Government: Online Safety Act explainer",
    "source_url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/online-safety-act-explainer/online-safety-act-explainer",
    "source_type": "primary"
  },
  {
    "id": "2025-07-11-collective-shout-campaign",
    "date": "2025-07-11",
    "precision": "day",
    "actor": "Collective Shout",
    "actor_type": "campaign group",
    "event_type": "campaign",
    "region": "Worldwide",
    "summary": "Collective Shout publishes an open letter asking PayPal, Mastercard, Visa, Paysafe, Discover and JCB to stop processing payments on Steam and itch.io.",
    "source_title": "Collective Shout: Open letter to payment processors (11 July 2025)",
    "source_url": "https://www.collectiveshout.org/open-letter-to-payment-processors",
    "source_type": "primary"
  },
  {
    "id": "2025-07-16-steam-restriction",
    "date": "2025-07-16",
    "precision": "day",
    "actor": "Steam",
    "actor_type": "store",
    "event_type": "restriction",
    "region": "Worldwide",
    "summary": "Steam adds a rule against content that may violate the rules and standards of its payment processors, card networks and banks, and removes a set of adult games, mostly with incest themes.",
    "source_title": "GamingOnLinux: Valve gets pressured by payment processors, with a new rule for game devs (16 July 2025)",
    "source_url": "https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/valve-gets-pressured-by-payment-processors-with-a-new-rule-for-game-devs-and-various-adult-games-removed/",
    "source_type": "secondary"
  },
  {
    "id": "2025-07-17-valve-statement",
    "date": "2025-07-17",
    "precision": "day",
    "actor": "Valve",
    "actor_type": "store",
    "event_type": "statement",
    "region": "Worldwide",
    "summary": "Valve confirms it was notified that certain games may violate its payment processors' rules and says it is retiring them to avoid losing payment methods.",
    "source_title": "GamingOnLinux: Valve gets pressured by payment processors, with a new rule for game devs (updated 17 July 2025)",
    "source_url": "https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/valve-gets-pressured-by-payment-processors-with-a-new-rule-for-game-devs-and-various-adult-games-removed/",
    "source_type": "secondary"
  },
  {
    "id": "2025-07-24-itch-io-restriction",
    "date": "2025-07-24",
    "precision": "day",
    "actor": "itch.io",
    "actor_type": "store",
    "event_type": "restriction",
    "region": "Worldwide",
    "summary": "itch.io deindexes all adult content from its browse and search pages, naming Collective Shout's campaign to its payment processors as the cause.",
    "source_title": "itch.io: Update on NSFW content (24 July 2025)",
    "source_url": "https://itch.io/updates/update-on-nsfw-content",
    "source_type": "primary"
  },
  {
    "id": "2025-07-28-itch-io-statement",
    "date": "2025-07-28",
    "precision": "day",
    "actor": "itch.io",
    "actor_type": "store",
    "event_type": "statement",
    "region": "Worldwide",
    "summary": "itch.io says it is reaching out to other payment processors that are more willing to work with adult content.",
    "source_title": "itch.io: Update on NSFW content (updated 28 July 2025)",
    "source_url": "https://itch.io/updates/update-on-nsfw-content",
    "source_type": "primary"
  },
  {
    "id": "2025-07-29-igda-statement",
    "date": "2025-07-29",
    "precision": "day",
    "actor": "IGDA",
    "actor_type": "industry body",
    "event_type": "statement",
    "region": "Worldwide",
    "summary": "The International Game Developers Association says it is alarmed by vague enforcement and asks for written guidelines, reasons for each action, an appeals process and transparency reports.",
    "source_title": "IGDA: Statement on game delistings (July 2025)",
    "source_url": "https://igda.org/news-archive/press-release-statement-on-game-delistings/",
    "source_type": "primary"
  },
  {
    "id": "2025-07-31-itch-io-relaxation",
    "date": "2025-07-31",
    "precision": "day",
    "actor": "itch.io",
    "actor_type": "store",
    "event_type": "relaxation",
    "region": "Worldwide",
    "summary": "itch.io reindexes free adult content. Paid adult content stays deindexed. The post quotes Stripe as unable to support sexually explicit content because of its banking partners.",
    "source_title": "itch.io: Reindexing adult NSFW content (31 July 2025)",
    "source_url": "https://itch.io/t/5149036/reindexing-adult-nsfw-content",
    "source_type": "primary"
  },
  {
    "id": "2025-08-01-mastercard-statement",
    "date": "2025-08-01",
    "precision": "day",
    "actor": "Mastercard",
    "actor_type": "card network",
    "event_type": "statement",
    "region": "Worldwide",
    "summary": "Mastercard says it has not evaluated any game or required restrictions on game platforms. Valve replies that processors cited Mastercard's rule 5.12.7 and risk to the Mastercard brand.",
    "source_title": "TechCrunch: Mastercard denies pressuring game platforms, Valve tells a different story (3 August 2025)",
    "source_url": "https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/03/mastercard-denies-pressuring-game-platforms-valve-tells-a-different-story",
    "source_type": "secondary"
  },
  {
    "id": "2025-08-01-gog-campaign",
    "date": "2025-08-01",
    "precision": "day",
    "actor": "GOG",
    "actor_type": "store",
    "event_type": "campaign",
    "region": "Worldwide",
    "summary": "GOG and several publishers launch FreedomToBuy.games, giving away 13 games for 48 hours in protest at legal games being withdrawn from sale.",
    "source_title": "GOG: GOG and game publishers launch FreedomToBuy.games (1 August 2025)",
    "source_url": "https://www.gog.com/pressroom/gog-and-game-publishers-launch-freedomtobuy-games-to-raise-awareness-on-censorship-in-gaming/",
    "source_type": "primary"
  },
  {
    "id": "2025-08-29-steam-age-verification",
    "date": "2025-08-29",
    "precision": "day",
    "actor": "Steam",
    "actor_type": "store",
    "event_type": "age verification",
    "region": "United Kingdom",
    "summary": "Steam begins requiring UK users to store a valid credit card on their account before seeing pages for mature games, to comply with the Online Safety Act.",
    "source_title": "TheSixthAxis: Steam now needs your credit card details for UK OSA age checks (29 August 2025)",
    "source_url": "https://www.thesixthaxis.com/2025/08/29/steam-osa-age-checks-now-needs-a-credit-card-on-your-account-in-the-uk/",
    "source_type": "secondary"
  },
  {
    "id": "2025-10-06-dlsite-payment-change",
    "date": "2025-10-06",
    "precision": "day",
    "actor": "DLsite",
    "actor_type": "store",
    "event_type": "payment change",
    "region": "Japan",
    "summary": "DLsite launches a payment method linked to accounts at the Japanese digital bank Minna no Ginko, bypassing card networks.",
    "source_title": "Automaton: DLsite launches its own payment alternative following Visa and Mastercard suspensions (October 2025)",
    "source_url": "https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japanese-game-and-comic-platform-dlsite-launches-its-own-payment-alternative-following-visa-and-mastercard-suspensions/",
    "source_type": "secondary"
  },
  {
    "id": "2025-12-19-dlsite-payment-change",
    "date": "2025-12-19",
    "precision": "day",
    "actor": "DLsite",
    "actor_type": "store",
    "event_type": "payment change",
    "region": "Japan",
    "summary": "The group behind DLsite announces its own JCB-branded credit card.",
    "source_title": "Automaton: DLsite gets its own official credit card amidst Visa and Mastercard suspensions (December 2025)",
    "source_url": "https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japanese-content-platform-dlsite-gets-its-own-official-credit-card-amidst-visa-and-mastercard-suspensions/",
    "source_type": "secondary"
  },
  {
    "id": "2026-03-subscribestar-restriction",
    "date": "2026-03",
    "precision": "month",
    "actor": "SubscribeStar",
    "actor_type": "membership platform",
    "event_type": "restriction",
    "region": "Worldwide",
    "summary": "SubscribeStar changes its terms to ban several fictional themes, including incest and rape, then tells creators it will rework the wording.",
    "source_title": "Niche Gamer: SubscribeStar amends content policies to comply with payment processors (2026)",
    "source_url": "https://nichegamer.com/subscribestar-quietly-amends-content-policies-to-comply-with-payment-processor-censorship/",
    "source_type": "secondary"
  },
  {
    "id": "2026-03-16-patreon-rule",
    "date": "2026-03-16",
    "precision": "day",
    "actor": "Patreon",
    "actor_type": "membership platform",
    "event_type": "rule",
    "region": "Worldwide",
    "summary": "Patreon publishes its finalised policy update: explicit work must stay behind the paywall, characters must appear unmistakably adult, and incest, bestiality and sexual deepfakes of real people are banned everywhere.",
    "source_title": "Patreon: Q4 2025 policy updates, now finalized with your input (16 March 2026)",
    "source_url": "https://news.patreon.com/articles/q4-2025-policy-updates-now-finalized-with-your-input",
    "source_type": "primary"
  },
  {
    "id": "2026-09-09-steam-age-verification",
    "date": "2026-09-09",
    "precision": "day",
    "actor": "Steam",
    "actor_type": "store",
    "event_type": "age verification",
    "region": "Australia",
    "summary": "Steam begins asking Australian users for a valid Australian credit card before showing games classified R18+, citing the Age-Restricted Material App Distribution Services Code.",
    "source_title": "Game Developer: Report: Steam asks Australian users to verify age with credit cards (10 September 2026)",
    "source_url": "https://www.gamedeveloper.com/pc/report-steam-now-requires-australian-users-to-verify-their-age-with-credit-cards",
    "source_type": "secondary"
  },
  {
    "id": "2026-09-30-google-rule",
    "date": "2026-09-30",
    "precision": "day",
    "actor": "Google",
    "actor_type": "app store",
    "event_type": "rule",
    "region": "Brazil, Indonesia, Singapore and Thailand",
    "summary": "Android developer verification takes effect: apps must be registered by a verified developer to install normally on certified Android devices.",
    "source_title": "Android Developers Blog: Android developer verification (June 2026)",
    "source_url": "https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2026/06/android-developer-verification.html",
    "source_type": "primary"
  }
]