> let's say you publish a Steam game how to be a school shooter and shoot kids, wouldn't that lead to real school shootings ? > who can definitely say that com

> let's say you publish a Steam game how to be a school shooter and shoot kids, wouldn't that lead to real school shootings ? > who can definitely say that computer generated content about criminal behavior, won't lead to real crime with real victims? I can’t tell if you’re being sarcastic but there has been no found link between violent video games to violent crimes, despite it being researched extensively: https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2020/03/violent-video-games-behavior https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2020/03/violent-vide... https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10964-019-01069-0 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10964-019-01069-0 https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6756088/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6756088/ https://elifesciences.org/articles/84951 https://elifesciences.org/articles/84951 Of course, that hasn’t stopped video games being blamed for violence by the “think of the children” crowd and certain politicians: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Entertainment_Protection_Act https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Entertainment_Protect... https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2019/08/video-game-violence-became-partisan-issue/595456/ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2019/08/video... Especially when shootings occur by white perpetrators: https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2019/09/video-games-school-shootings https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2019/09/video-games-... The same narrative plays out for porn, despite the research findings being the same: https://www.utsa.edu/today/2020/08/story/pornography-sex-crimes-study.html https://www.utsa.edu/today/2020/08/story/pornography-sex-cri... But blaming violent video games or pornography is an easy scapegoat