10 April 2025, 20:01 | Updated: 10 April 2025, 20:03

By Emma Soteriou

The controversial computer game "No Mercy" was launched on Steam, a major online gaming platform, last month, and contains simulations of violence, incest and "unavoidable non-consensual sex" (i.e. rape).

Where available, it is easy to download for a small fee, with minimal age checks. After an LBC investigation, the video game has now been removed from Steam in the UK.

The issue does not end there, however. The very existence of "No Mercy" alone is deeply disturbing, but it also calls into question how these types of games, capable of perpetuating misogynistic attitudes and real-world violence against women, are permitted to become and remain available on online platforms, seemingly without any scrutiny.

The availability of such a game must be at odds with the intention behind the recent the Online Safety Act 2023 (the Act), which was designed to protect children and adults online.

As of March 17, 2025, the Act now requires that online service providers within its scope take........

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