Category: abuse

House passes controversial copyright bill that could be abused by trolls

Post author By Randall
Post date October 23, 2019
Categories In abuse, Art, bill, business, case act, copyright, copyright alternative in small-claims enforcement, copyright claims board, court, creators, criticism, doug collins, Entertainment, gear, hakeem jeffries, house of representatives, intellectual property, Politics, Tech, tribunal, vote

[ad_1] Under the current system, copyright cases are expensive and must be heard in federal court. The time and cost involved often deters creators from pursuing legal action. The CASE Act is meant to remedy that by creating a Copyright Claims Board to resolve disputes. It was introduced last spring by Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) […]

Reddit widens its anti-harassment policies to enable swifter crackdowns

Post author By Randall
Post date September 30, 2019
Categories In abuse, bullying, gear, harassment, Internet, policy, Reddit, Social Media, social network, social networking, Tech

[ad_1] The site will also start looking into harassment reports from observers, not just the victims. An “improved” machine learning system will better prioritize and organize reports, but humans will still be responsible for making decisions. It’ll take some time to “fully enforce” the new measures. However, the crackdown has already affected a number of […]

‘Night in the Woods’ studio cuts ties with co-founder Alec Holowka

Post author By Randall
Post date August 28, 2019
Categories In abuse, alec holowka, business, Entertainment, Gaming, harrassment, night in the woods, Tech, zoe quinn

[ad_1] We are cancelling a current project and postponing the Limited Run physical release. The iOS port is being handled by an outside company and supervised by Finji and will remain in development. — Night In The Woods (@NightInTheWoods) August 28, 2019 Quinn, a well-known game developer and previously received public attention after being the […]

Xbox chief outlines plans to curb toxic behavior

Post author By Randall
Post date May 20, 2019
Categories In abuse, Games, Gaming, harassment, Internet, Microsoft, phil spencer, philspencer, Safety, Tech, toxicity, xbox, xbox live, xboxlive

[ad_1] As such, Spencer wrote, “gaming must promote and protect the safety of all. […] It’s essential that we embrace our role and take responsibility for creating safe gaming.” Building and protecting a healthy community is shared, essential work, he said, and he outlined a number of commitments to help towards that goal. Microsoft and […]