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An estimated 2.3 million online teenage gamers have been exposed to white supremacist ideology News Dec 21st, 2022

An estimated 2.3 million online teenage gamers have been exposed to white supremacist ideology

A recent report by the Anti-Defamation League found a sharp rise in online harassment

Respawn issue statement on developer harassment News Sep 23rd, 2022

Respawn issue statement on developer harassment

The Apex Legends developer has been dealing with ongoing harassment from members of its community

Ubisoft outline plans to amend company culture News Sep 12th, 2022

Ubisoft outline plans to amend company culture

The company hopes to address employee complaints, but is it enough?

Twitch to be more transparent with its safety efforts News Mar 4th, 2021

Twitch to be more transparent with its safety efforts

"Creating a Transparency Report is an important measure of our accountability"

Former assistant to Riot Games CEO suing company over alleged harassment News Feb 10th, 2021

Former assistant to Riot Games CEO suing company over alleged harassment

O'Donnell claims that she was wrongfully terminated from her role for refusing to sleep with chief exec Laurent

Twitch updates hateful conduct and harassment policies News Dec 10th, 2020

Twitch updates hateful conduct and harassment policies

Comes into effect on January 22nd

Employees speak out about systematic sexism, racism and abuse at Twitch News Oct 9th, 2020

Employees speak out about systematic sexism, racism and abuse at Twitch

Streaming platform denies the allegations levelled against it

Around 25 per cent of Ubisoft employees have seen misconduct News Oct 5th, 2020

Around 25 per cent of Ubisoft employees have seen misconduct

"New channels have been put in place so that each report can be escalated anonymously to the group level and handled by our partner, Idoko"

Female Scrabble Go players have been receiving messages from "creepy men" News Aug 25th, 2020

Female Scrabble Go players have been receiving messages from "creepy men"

"In Scrabble Go, players are able to access mute and block functions within the chat feature"

Games industry harassment hotline is opening next month News Jul 17th, 2020

Games industry harassment hotline is opening next month

"We started the Games and Online Harassment Hotline to ensure that anyone who experiences such abuse can reach out to us to get whatever support they might need"

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