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  • Protesters with the activist group, Change the Terms Reducing Hate Online, protest outside Twitter Headquarters in San Francisco, California on November 19, 2019. - The group of protesters represent a number of activist groups calling for Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and other executive to do more to end the spread of racism and white supremacy on the social media platform. (Photo by Philip Pacheco / AFP) (Photo by PHILIP PACHECO/AFP via Getty Images)

    Twitter enforces its new hate policy by banning David Duke

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    Steve Dent
    Steve Dent
    07.31.2020

    Twitter has banned notorious white supremacist David Duke, enforcing a new policy against hate speech links it introduced earlier this month. He was “permanently suspended" for Twitter Rules on hateful conduct.

  • League of Legends cracks down on more bad seeds

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    Shawn Schuster
    Shawn Schuster
    07.22.2014

    Riot Games has announced its next level of enforcement for problematic players in the wildly popular League of Legends. After working toward player reform over the last few years, the studio is now looking at a more aggressive approach. In cases of "extreme toxicity" (i.e. racism, death threats, homophobic remarks, etc.), troublesome players can expect a more severe penalty ranging from a 14-day ban to a permanent ban from the game. In the case that an "unfair ban" comes into question, Riot says they will now be fully transparent with chat logs and post the exact log that led to the player's ban. Intentional leavers/AFKers are also a concern for Riot as they plan to address these problems in the future.

  • Riot Games issues lifetime bans for League of Legends players

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    Eliot Lefebvre
    Eliot Lefebvre
    01.24.2013

    Riot Games has been trying its hardest to clean up some of the more toxic members of the League of Legends community by handing out year-long suspensions to some of the worst offenders. But sometimes it's not enough to have a time out. Khaled "StunnedandSlayed" Abusagr and Nicolaj "Veigodx" Jensen aren't banned from the game for a year -- they've been banned from the game and all tournaments forever, and any subsequent accounts they create will be immediately banned as well. Simon "Rayt3ch" Näslund has also had his account banned and is barred from tournament participation for one year, but his future accounts will not be flagged as kill-on-sight. These bannings will force Team Solo Mebdi out of the qualifying rounds for the League of Legends championship, as the loss of the players pushes the team below the minimum necessary number of members. It's an aggressive step toward cleaning up the notoriously vile community, although it remains to be seen what the lasting impact will be from these bannings.