Blizzard & Twitch Team Up To Censor Gamers

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That did come to mind as well.

ITS ONLY A FLESH WOUND!

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This move specifically targets Esports…I thought that was pretty clear given it’s for the upcoming Overwatch league…

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It would be pretty easy to guess which words are banned…

Really people…now the discussion has moved on to how free speech is being infringed…I’m not sure some understand that free speech comes with responsibility, abuse it and you lose it.

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But you know that you can get ban now for saying bad things about Activision or any of Blizzard games? Most of those respond are not even vulgar and you will get ban because you don’t agree with company.

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Source on this please? many people on forums,twitter and twitch have disagreed with the company many times and are still here .

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I am the source I got ban on two accounts on twich because I say bad thing about others company on esl tournaments. So it will be this same if they want do this. And I never was vulgar.

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Yet you say

Im sorry that is not proof about Acti/Blizz thats another company that banned you .

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Oh dear, how awful that people that misbehave in a chat room should have to face consequences.

Try acting in a restaurant the same way you act in a chat room and see how long you last before getting thrown out and banned.

All those arguing the ‘Freedom of Speech’ issue are nothing but ignorant buffoons that need to learn that FoS is NOT a licence to insult or be obscene and toxic.

The way things are going this sort of moderation will be a legal requierment in all chat rooms, why ? Because gamers and chat room users have consistently misbehaved and are to blame for any forced moderation.

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I don’t see diffrence between Activision and EA :confused:

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@ Plamcia. If you can’t tell the difference between EA and Activision I suggest you remove yourself from the internet and learn about a few things.
Your inability to differentiate between 2 totally separate legal entities shows ignorance beyond belief.

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But that’s the difference…Between a tournament event with sponsors and companies with expectations and limits and a typical streamer…

This should be obvious.

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2018 has proven that the business practices between the two are quite similar. EA is still the biggest boogeyman for sure but Activision is getting up there.

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In 2019 if the 2 companies do not change the direction they will no longer be the top dog.

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OK, let me ask you something Buk. It’s a bit of a rhetorical question, but would you agree with free dissemination of: calumnies, libel, slander, pornography, things covered by NDAs someone signed, trade secrets, state secrets? Do you think e.g. perjury shouldn’t be prosecuted? Do you think you agree with having a right to privacy? A right to be forgotten, as guaranteed by EU legislation?

If the answer is yes to even one of those, then know you too are agreeing with curtailing freedom of speech or freedom of expression (same thing, but more broad). Even if you wouldn’t agree with everything there, you can probably easily see how most people, practically everyone would.

Just because any government (let’s leave aside the fact that one corporation or two regulating their private chat boards still do not have governmental authority beyond that) curtails freedom of speech in certain areas doesn’t mean it is instantly equivalent with some dictatorship. The notion itself that you wouldn’t apply a gradient to that is ridiculous in itself.

If on the other hand you do acquiesce to the necessity of curtailing speech sometimes, then we are practically negotiating boundaries here, not the principle itself, and your outrage is totally misplaced, while your argument so far is worthless.

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So if you will do kinky things in public I cannot say about this to anyone because of this was pornography or private case? Are you stupid? This is public because you do it in public pleace. So if company doing something in public like spit on customer then you can talk about this everywhere becase that was public.

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The people who support this kind of thing are the ones that don’t realise the real implications of it. Much akin to the remainers and pro-eu lot who can’t see what the EU is and will become yet support it anyway.

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Cmon bro you cant just leave that here like that.
I need to know the real implications of a company moderating their platform

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/triplefacepalm :frowning:

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We’re sorry but due to an emoji you used on another platform, in this case the chatroom on twitch, you are currently banned from playing World of Warcraft until an appropriate investigation has taken place. This ban is also inclusive of all Actizzard products and services.

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Holy hell :rofl: You heard it here first folks. Not freaking out about a private company imposing some rules of communication can be linked to being pro-eu and anti-brexit.

I guess we’re all sheeple not seeing the grand conspiracy. Could you explain it to me in simple terms?

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