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Big Brother Inside, Revisited
A used CPU becomes a paper trail, a punishment, and a preview of computing’s next privacy fight.
Gaming Giant Riot Expands the Rules to Police Player Behavior Everywhere
Riot Games expands its ToS, enabling bans for vague “off-platform conduct,” raising concerns over censorship in Valorant and League of Legends communities.
Riot and Ubisoft Team Up to Censor “Toxicity” in Gaming
Censoring chats.
Riot Games to Start Recording Conversations in Order to Police “Harassment”
It’s not just social platforms that are looking to police conversations; game developers are looking to get in on it too.
Riot Commits to Tackling “Toxic” Language in Upcoming Valorant
Language control is active in gaming as much as anywhere else these days.
Twitch Streamer xQc Says Riot Games Created the “Most Piece of Sh*T Community on Earth” With League of Legends
xQc said the blame lies with Riot Lyte.
The Emmys Adds Its First-Ever Category for Esports
The category will recognize journalism about competitive video gaming championships and live events.
Riot Games Fixes Censorship of Term Uyghur After Backlash From Players, Says It Wasn’t Intentional
“Sometimes our system bans really weird words for no good reason.”
US Game Developers Are Helping Build China’s Social Credit System by Tracking Gameplay Hours
The system tracks how long people play video games for and then sends that data to the Chinese Government so they can check levels of “gaming addiction.”
Twitch Wrongly Suspends Streamer TF Blade for Using the “N-Word”. He Didn’t.
Twitch somehow thought the streamer, who had no prior offenses, used a racial slur during a stream. However, he didn’t. Twitch won’t correct their mistake.
