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| Ubisoft Teams Up With UK Police To Handle 'Extreme Cases' Of In-Game Speech Deemed Life-Threatening: 'We Want To Be On The Right Side of History' |
| 2023-02-22 |
| Ubisoft has lost its way by Ryan Pearson [BoundingIntoComics] Ubisoft has announced they are working with UK police to track, and potentially arrest, players for their in-game speech when there is a credible threat to life. Steffan Powell of the BBC reports Ubisoft has made the deal with Northumbria Police (who operate across the North East of England), and had been in development for a long time. Along with specialist officers who handle “harmful online interactions” educating Ubisoft’s Newcastle Customer Relationship Centre, Ubisoft can escalate “extreme cases” to the police. These cases reportedly include a “threat to life” or “potential serious harm.” The relevant information is forwarded to the police, who ultimately decide if they need to act, though the Newcastle staff can recommend legal action. It was also noted less than 0.01% of cases the centre dealt with needed police involvement, “a handful of cases each month” as Powell describes. Read the rest at the link |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #11 Cause people who sit playing video games all day are of course all mature in their utterances and so forth. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2023-02-22 16:46 |
| #10 Fuck your feelings |
| Posted by: Chris 2023-02-22 16:31 |
| #9 Keyword searches on social media. Ubisoft has gaming engine, game messaging, game scripters and session content. It's a natural progression to mine that content, perhaps under duress from the nanny state, to avert liability. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2023-02-22 15:55 |
| #8 "Trans women are still male." -wee woo wee woo wee wooo- blam blam |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2023-02-22 12:53 |
| #7 children play. |
| Posted by: 746 2023-02-22 12:51 |
| #6 In case of a “threat to life” or “potential serious harm" we will SWAT YOU to save you. |
| Posted by: mossomo 2023-02-22 12:48 |
| #5 #2 It absolutely is. Time for "hate" to reclaim its rightful position in civil society. "Hate" definitely has its place, indeed it is required - which is why the Left has gone all out to destroy it. |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2023-02-22 12:25 |
| #4 We Want To Be On The Right Side of History Ever notice how everyone who turns that phrase is a fucking ignorant tyrant? |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2023-02-22 10:17 |
| #3 This is why you don't play online games.... That and the fact that if you play to get away from all the a$$es of the world, why surround yourself with them? |
| Posted by: Mercutio 2023-02-22 09:33 |
| #2 You're doing it wrong. That could be considered 'hate speech', Rex. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2023-02-22 08:46 |
| #1 You're doing it wrong. |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2023-02-22 01:11 |