harassment
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For Streamers Dealing With Stalkers, Twitch’s Solutions Fall Short
For the last 41 days, a Twitch user named Mosheddy has been persistently harassing a streamer named Tanya DePass. She quickly banned him from her channel, but now he lurks, follows her to other people’s Twitch chats, sends private messages to everyone he can, and has friends drop into chat with messages “from Mosheddy.” Twitch…
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Overwatch’s Trolls Are Losing
Overwatch players needed something to incentivise good sportsmanship and, yesterday, they got it. Blizzard’s latest Overwatch patch is toning down the hierarchy of skill and introducing a hierarchy of decency.
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Riot, Blizzard And Twitch Are Teaming Up To Fight Toxic Gaming Behaviour
For years now, gaming companies such as Riot, Blizzard and Twitch have been fighting online abuse and harassment in their own ways, to mixed results. Now they’re trying something different: Working together.
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Blizzard Is Now Monitoring YouTube For Toxic Overwatch Players
Overwatch, a team-based shooter about working together, isn’t always the friendliest of places. From random quitters to that one guy who won’t stop calling me a cuck, players often find ways to be toxic. To combat the issue, Blizzard is now banning players misbehaving on social media.