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Bungie has reduced communication with players over harassment News Jul 29th, 2022

Bungie has reduced communication with players over harassment

"The harassment we've spoken to isn't just rude replies on Twitter or vague comments"

Riot cuts /all chat in League of Legends News Oct 13th, 2021

Riot cuts /all chat in League of Legends

Developer says this is to reduce toxicity in the smash hit MOBA

Twitch rolls out new features to curb harassment News Sep 30th, 2021

Twitch rolls out new features to curb harassment

Streamers can now require phone or email verification to watch their broadcasts

EA: Games industry has a lot of catching up on managing communities News Aug 27th, 2021

EA: Games industry has a lot of catching up on managing communities

EVP of Positive Play, marketing and commercial Chris Bruzzo says sector is only really waking up to its responsibilities

Unity acquires AI firm OTO News Aug 25th, 2021

Unity acquires AI firm OTO

Organisation helps find and curb toxic behaviour in-game

Discord acquires anti-harassment AI firm Sentropy News Jul 15th, 2021

Discord acquires anti-harassment AI firm Sentropy

No figure placed on the deal

Discord removed over 1.5k servers for violent extremism in second half of 2020 News Apr 6th, 2021

Discord removed over 1.5k servers for violent extremism in second half of 2020

Around 3.5 million accounts were banned during this time

Mojang is letting moderators issue bans in Minecraft News Nov 23rd, 2020

Mojang is letting moderators issue bans in Minecraft

Firm wants to "provide a positive and enjoyable environment" in its games

Valve lays out plans to tackle Dota 2 toxicity News Oct 20th, 2020

Valve lays out plans to tackle Dota 2 toxicity

Company plans to use a similar player-managed system to what it introduced in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

Valve rolls out new Steam Chat filters News Oct 8th, 2020

Valve rolls out new Steam Chat filters

Lets users customise language that is censored

Activision has booted another 20k cheaters from COD Warzone News Sep 30th, 2020

Activision has booted another 20k cheaters from COD Warzone

Firm bans players using popular hack called EngineOwning

Fortnite firm Epic buys "kidtech" company SuperAwesome News Sep 28th, 2020

Fortnite firm Epic buys "kidtech" company SuperAwesome

Boss Sweeney says it wants to make online experiences safer for children

Discord banned over 4m accounts in the first half of 2020 News Aug 28th, 2020

Discord banned over 4m accounts in the first half of 2020

Mostly for spamming

EA outlines new community guidelines News Jun 18th, 2020

EA outlines new community guidelines

Positive Play Charter lays out clear rules for using the company's services and the penalties for breaking them

EA Sports says it won't "tolerate racism of any kind" News Jun 8th, 2020

EA Sports says it won't "tolerate racism of any kind"

Firm outlines measures it is taking to cut out hate speech

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