‘I do not condone child pornography’: Game company backtracks after Q&A on site once banned by Google

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Austrian video game company THQ Nordic is apologizing after it agreed to an ask-me-anything session on 8chan, the freewheeling Internet messaging board that was briefly delisted in 2015 by Google after being accused of hosting child pornography.

From THQ Nordic's trailer for"Darksiders III: Force Hollow." By Brian Fung and Brian Fung Reporter focusing on telecommunications, media, and competition Email Bio Follow Abby Ohlheiser Abby Ohlheiser Reporter covering digital culture Email Bio Follow February 27 at 3:52 PM

Guys, what in the flying beJeezus were you thinking? Terrible terrible idea, whoever’s doing your social media needs to go think about choices. Representatives for the company declined to comment on the specifics of those exchanges, referring to a threaded public statement, written by Brock and posted to THQ Nordic’s Twitter account.

 

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Tsk.

That's a bold company stance. 8chan seems to be the right place to get out your message.

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I've had a lot of bad days, but never 'I need to clarify my stance on child pornography' bad.

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Pretty bad sign if you have to clarify that.

Yes... SexCulture

pretty controversial stance

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