Kickstarter has issued a public apology and fully reverted its recently updated mature content guidelines after significant backlash from creators and the community, returning to its previous policy prohibiting only pornography and illegal content.
Kickstarter has become the latest platform to restrict adult content, apparently under pressure from payment processors like Visa and Mastercard. The move reignites debate over the outsized power of financial intermediaries over online creative content.
Kotaku reports that a new NefasQS investigation has added fresh allegations about how Ashes of Creation funds were used, while former CEO Steven Sharif rejects the claims and says the dispute belongs in court.