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The censored one is probably Niger

UPDATE - special thanks to @[email protected] for making a map showing the countries without access to PSN:

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[–] [email protected] 42 points 4 months ago (2 children)

"Niger" is a swear according to valve?

[–] [email protected] 58 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Because it closely resembles a slur. Its one of those false positives. But the tool that replaces it likely isn't context aware.

[–] [email protected] 51 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Nigeria please that is a stupid rule

[–] [email protected] 27 points 4 months ago (3 children)

I'm ghana have to ask you to calm down.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I've Benin fights before but this is stupid.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago

Oman I know where this is going

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago

Kenya stop telling me what to do?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Grenada go and do that now aren't you? Typical!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

What Chad made this decision?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

They probably pipe all their output text through a filter that was originally intended for user generated content. Might not really make sense but something tells me at some point there was a typo from a valve employee that prompted this decision

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

The dumbest version of the Scunthorpe problem