Late last year, the Anti-Defamation League reported an alarming increase in online game communities with white suprem🎐acist or extr🦄emist views. Of particular concern was how the ADL saw white supremacist rhetoric double between 2021 and 2022. That report, and its troubling findings, made it all the way to the US Congress where Democratic representatives 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:sent a letter to 14 video game🍌 🍌companies asking what they planned to c𓂃ombat♏ this rise in extremism.
A few months later, Representative Lori Trahan of Massachusettes says that the answer wasn't very encouraging. In a statement on her , Trahan said that most companies didn't have any specific plans or policies to combat online extremism, and few have any process to collect data on white supremacy on their platf🐭orms.
"Since I sent requests to gaming companies, I’ve heard from parents across the nation about how concerned they are with the increase🍃 in harassment and extremism in the games their kids play," said Congresswoman Trahan. "After reading through responses from top gaming companies, I’m disappointed that the majority of companies failed to address some of our most urgent questions, including providing us with their policies around extremism, as well as transparency reporting around these topics."
While most of the 14 game companies ,✃ EA, Epic, Take-Two Interactive, and Tencent all declined to say whether they collected data on harassment or inappropriate behavior. Activision Blizzard, EA, Epic, Take-Two, Tencent, Ubisoft, and Valve all had no policies or procedures to "specifically identify extremism."
"The responses from the gaming industry make clear that there’s too much hate in online multiplayer games and that their actions thus far to address hate, harassment, and extremism have been woefully inadequate," noted Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt. "Our research has shown that 67 percent of young people experience hate and harassment in online gaming. We cannot allow the industry to become complacent and must continue to push them to create spaces w💮here all individuals can safely use tꦫheir products without fear of harassment or abuse."
A spokesperson for the ESA told that Trahan's statements cause "false ala꧅rm and create a false reality" where extremism appears more common than it is. "Where harmful behavior surfaces,ꦏ our industry addresses it promptly," the spokesperson added.