{"id":24546,"date":"2020-06-08T22:07:30","date_gmt":"2020-06-09T05:07:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=24546"},"modified":"2021-06-15T14:09:45","modified_gmt":"2021-06-15T21:09:45","slug":"statement-from-ea-sports-outlines-plan-to-combat-toxicity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=24546","title":{"rendered":"Statement from EA Sports Outlines Plan to Combat Toxicity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/EA_Sports_banner_723x250.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24547\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/EA_Sports_banner_723x250.jpg 723w, https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/EA_Sports_banner_723x250-300x104.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This weekend, EA Sports issued a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EASPORTS\/status\/1269046819214036992?s=20\">statement on Twitter<\/a> tackling the toxic behavior infamously alleged among its games and communities. Whether driven by current events or the company&#8217;s desire to improve its reputation, the intention of the announcement (if not the application) may seem overdue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The statement begins sharply: &#8220;EA Sports will not tolerate racism of any kind.&#8221; It goes on to note that EA Sports will begin monitoring player activity for racism and other types of hate speech or abuse and taking swift action in such circumstances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Below is their strategy outlined &#8220;to bring change to our games and communities in the fight against racism&#8221; (although these actions may apply to other types of hate speech as well):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>&#8220;Actively reviewing our term list to ensure our filter set is comprehensive and accounts for various languages, dialects and slang. 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