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[–] disregardable@lemmy.zip 364 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Wow. There was just zero reason for him to say anything. Nobody is accusing Fortnite of being unsafe for kids. And he chose to say that. For himself.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 167 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (5 children)

He's probably just trying to get noticed by Trump. "Hey, look at me! I'm on the side of you and the other pedoNazis! You're the best!"

[–] f4f4f4f4f4f4f4f4@sopuli.xyz 50 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)
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[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 54 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Is EpicGames involved with Roblox? Because as far as minors go, I hear THAT game is a dumpster fire with zero redeemable qualities.

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[–] ryper@lemmy.ca 26 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Reason #42 for open platforms: to shut down every politician’s incessant demands to all gatekeepers to censor all of their political opponents," Sweeney wrote in a first tweet responding to MacRumors' report of US politicians requesting that Apple and Google remove X and Grok from their app stores.

Politicians want the offending apps removed from the app stores, and Sweeney thinks app store business is his business. He really ought to worry more about improving his own store.

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[–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 207 points 1 month ago (7 children)

So, what you're saying is that Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney is a pedophile?

[–] Tehbaz@lemmy.wtf 85 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Majority of them are it seems. It's why the full Epstein files still haven't been released.

[–] snoons@lemmy.ca 35 points 1 month ago

Oligarchs gunna oligarch.

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[–] BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 29 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

It is Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney telling us he is a pedophile and a nazi.

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[–] geekwithsoul@piefed.social 154 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's almost impressive how Sweeney manages to have the most wrong take on every single issue.

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[–] pivot_root@lemmy.world 147 points 1 month ago (8 children)

All you had to do was say nothing, Timmy.

You're an asshole, but only PC gamers had a reason to care—because you tried to buy your way into a dominant position by employing anti-consumer, monopolistic practices like paying for distribution exclusivity deals with third-party publishers.

The best possible choice here, clearly, was to voluntarily align yourself (and by association, Epic Games) with Nazis and pedophiles. I sincerely hope the board forces you to resign, you absolute chode.

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[–] webkitten@piefed.social 113 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Weird how many billionaires are just openly pro paedophia.

[–] db2@lemmy.world 45 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They've been given a green light for it by the pedo in chief. It's not that surprising really, they only care about themself (singular because there isn't any real solidarity among them).

Take names. Don't forget.

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[–] Ledivin@lemmy.world 108 points 1 month ago

Tim Sweeney vocally supports child porn and deep fake porn? He certainly looks like the type of creeper, so I guess I'm not that surprised.

I wonder how many times he's been to Trump and Epstein's Pedophile Island 🤔

[–] turbulentMagma@lemmy.zip 82 points 1 month ago (2 children)

This just in: Epic games CEO tim Sweeney is against banning child porn!

[–] mPony@kbin.earth 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I guess "think of the children" only applies when it erodes consumer privacy

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[–] IronpigsWizard@lemmy.world 79 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Tim Sweeney

"Hey kids, Tim Sweeney here, want to play Fortnite!?!"

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[–] LiveLM@lemmy.zip 79 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

When I'm in a dogshit opinions competition and my opponent is Tim Sweeney

[–] Katzelle3@lemmy.world 75 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I have the sneaking suspicion that in private the guy agrees with some very nasty political views.

[–] arin@lemmy.world 37 points 1 month ago

He's probably in the Epstein files

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 24 points 1 month ago

And has generated some very nasty AI images.

[–] TemplaerDude@sh.itjust.works 70 points 1 month ago (1 children)

“Tim Sweeney totally down with child porn if it owns the libs”

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[–] Zedstrian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 66 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yet another reason not to use the Epic Games Store.

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[–] Krompus@lemmy.world 63 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Wait, so is Tim Sweeney a fucking fascist, too?

[–] _Nico198X_@europe.pub 39 points 1 month ago

always-has-been.jpg

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[–] floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 56 points 1 month ago (2 children)

He does know that Xitter is already, actually and literally, censoring their political opposition right?

[–] Tyrq@lemmy.dbzer0.com 27 points 1 month ago

That was pretty much the whole project, right?

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[–] mechoman444@lemmy.world 55 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (8 children)

I oppose CSAM and child abuse.

-Tim Sweeny.

HOW FUCKING HARD IS IT TO SAY THAT!

Christ on a stick! Weren't pedo's like the worse of the worse?! When did they start getting a voice in daily regular discourse!

Son of a bitch!

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[–] boogiebored@lemmy.world 49 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The actual post is even worse. Has the gall to call this, “crony capitalism”…

What about all the ACTUAL OTHER CRONY CAPITALISM HAPPENING

Why did this freak pick THIS of all ongoing issues to get fired up about? Holy shit

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 25 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Cuz he's one of them. It's how he became CEO. It's how they all become CEO. It isn't rocket science. They're broken freaks.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 48 points 1 month ago (7 children)

You know, if it was anything but Twitter, I could at least have an ounce of sympathy. I remember Tumblr getting a bunch of cheap heat over its active community of furry enthusiasts. Valve cracked down on a bunch of lewd games in their Steam Store, largely out of prudishness. Reddit's been a notorious hub for revenge porn since forever, and its still been considered draconian to blank-ban the whole site.

But pretty much everyone drew the line at CSAM. Hell, 4chan generally drew the line at CSAM. Sites that had virtually no moderation still managed to swing their tiny hammers at CSAM wherever it cropped up.

Twitter seems to have fully embraced this shit with an enthusiasm that can only be described as satanic. Just really, nakedly, unapologetically evil. Maybe Sweeny just doesn't get that, and he's reflexively defending another billionaire from the oppressive hand of Big Government Regulation. Maybe the dude's just a nounce and thinks CSAM is no big deal. Either way, someone needs to rub his nose in it until he gets the picture.

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[–] acosmichippo@lemmy.world 44 points 1 month ago

Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney argues banning Twitter over its ability to AI-generate pornographic images of minors...

good for him i guess, but why is this news?

...is just 'gatekeepers' attempting to 'censor all of their political opponents'

ah of course, makes sense now.

[–] OldQWERTYbastard@lemmy.world 39 points 1 month ago (2 children)

As an old ass gamer who is fond of Unreal Tournament, I sure hate what Epic has become.

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[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 37 points 1 month ago

Someone check this man's hard drive.

[–] PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca 34 points 1 month ago (4 children)

So apparently AI generated CSAM is political? Interesting.

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[–] Itisreallyboring@lemmy.world 32 points 1 month ago

And my Epic Account is deleted.

[–] Rhoeri@piefed.world 31 points 1 month ago (1 children)
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[–] Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org 30 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Holy shit. I honestly can't believe people are willing to actually openly support that shit.

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[–] LucidNightmare@lemmy.dbzer0.com 30 points 1 month ago

“I like looking at AI generated kiddie porn, actually!”

  • Tim Sweeney
[–] rekabis@lemmy.ca 28 points 1 month ago (3 children)

…The fuck?

Is Tim Sweeney legitimately outing himself as a pedophile? Does the Parasite Class really feel so comfortable and immune from consequences that they can openly advocate for pedophilia?

[–] TheRedSpade@lemmy.world 22 points 1 month ago

They're under the protection of the POTUS. Yes, they feel immune to consequences.

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[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 27 points 1 month ago

anyone do a search for him on Epstein airlines?

[–] BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 26 points 1 month ago

Wow. I already thought of Sweeny as scum but I didn’t know he was nazi pedophile scum. So long Epic.

[–] deadcade@lemmy.deadca.de 25 points 1 month ago
[–] Smokeless7048@lemmy.world 24 points 1 month ago (1 children)
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[–] fritobugger2017@lemmy.world 23 points 1 month ago

Check his hard drive. Is he on the lolita flight logs?

[–] foodandart@lemmy.zip 22 points 1 month ago

Hmmm. I think I won't be reinstaling the Epic Games Store app on my gaming PC any time soon. (My old drive failed December of '23..) I'm only playing two games anyhow - Horizon Zero Dawn and No Man's Sky and both I got through GOG.

NGL, I only tried the Epic Store to get Bioshock on one of their free giveaways.. and it turned out to be a bit much.

Really not into body horror games.. Or people that make excuses for maintaining platforms that enable the creation, and distribution, of CSAM.

See ya later, Tim.

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 22 points 1 month ago

It's astonishing how arrogant and stupid this guy is. Surely he'd notice that this is a great argument against having large centralized services, right? Does he think Twitter is the only Microblogging thing on the net?

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