Moderation

Rovio's chief sustainability officer Heini Kaihu shares the basics to combat bullying and harassment in games

New transparency report says 10.31 million enforcements were issued to the offending users during that time

The alliance aims to improve online gaming communities' moderation and mental health

Reports will remain anonymous, and the feature will be enabled by default for minors

This included 84,000 harassment and bullying 'proactive' actions

The system created in partnership with Modulate, will be added to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 on November 10

Microsoft announced a new strikes system for policing online behaviour – but for the most part, it feels like we're treading water on this increasingly damaging problem

Platform now available to all developers after a year of limited access

The feature will use tone and pitch to flag harmful online gaming interactions

Users can submit 60-second in-game voice chat clips in violation of community standards for review

80% of all actions taken were based on proactive moderation, before players reported the incidents

The problem of in-game abuse can only be solved through a proper commitment of resources; magical thinking about AI solutions will only make things worse