Following recent moves by the Entertainment Software Association to gain political support (link) the Parent Television Council have slammed the ESA for setting up a Political Action Committee. This is part of the PTC statement

“The video game industry continues to fight meaningful accountability for selling inappropriate material to children. The industry has been exposed repeatedly for its reprehensible behavior and now they are looking for ways to buy friends in the government,” said PTC President Tim Winter.

“Let me be clear of our intentions: Any public servant who cashes a check from the video game industry will be exposed by the PTC as taking a stand against families, and his or her actions will be communicated to constituents in his or her congressional district.

They claim that the ESA and the games industry are seeking political support to cover and protect themselves from recent events and to counter efforts being made to further restrict the games industry.

It is sad to see the PTC come up with these claims, and I hope that they lose credibility for making such claims. Read their full statement here.

Thanks to Shacknews.

Tags: ESA, PTC

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