Kickstarter Reverts Controversial Ban On ‘NSFW’ Projects But Says Stripe ‘Can Still Suspend’ Approved Campaigns
Kotaku | 19.05.2026 21:30
Last week, crowdfunding platform Kickstarter made some questionable updates to its “Rules” guidelines, prohibiting several forms of NSFW content, including “implied sex acts,” sexually “derogatory” themes, “photo-realistic” nudity, and, perhaps most bizarrely, “MILF/DILF” stuff. Oh, and “buttocks.” At the time, creators assumed the blame lay with Stripe, Kickstarter’s payment processor. It sounded awfully similar to Steam and Itch.io’s payment-processor-driven NSFW purge of 2025.
