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This episode of The Brief originally aired on July 7, 2020. You can listen to this episode of The Brief on Spotify or watch the live recording on YouTube. Vernon Jones …

We use our voices to connect with, and convey information to, others. We change our tone, pitch-range, volume, rhythm and tempo to customize our meaning beyond the words we’ve selected …

There's a dark side to the internet. For all the good it is doing for us during this pandemic — giving us the ability to work from home, allowing us …

Consider the following chat messages: “Kill yourself” "You suck, dumba**” “You play like a girl” “I’m gonna shoot you” Without context each of these messages could be perfectly innocent examples …

When we think about social gaming, we think about massive multiplayer online games (MMOs) like World of Warcraft, intense arena games like League of Legends, and sweat-inducing battle royale games …

At Spectrum Labs, we're always interested in gaming companies that challenge public perceptions of toxicity and use behavioral science techniques to reign in negative and highly-toxic language. One of the …

As social gaming continues to mature and expand across the gaming industry, almost every socially-driven video game is running into a core issue. Player toxicity (e.g., misogyny, racism, sexual grooming, …

Even humans who speak the same language speak in different dialects, depending upon where they're from. It's only natural for a group of people to develop a special way to …

Young children in the age groups under 15 are a huge sector in the video gaming market. With fewer pressures and responsibilities than older teenagers and young adults, these younger …

You may have seen Exploited, the New York Times’ horrifying series on online child sexual abuse. We at Spectrum Labs have been following the series since the first article, The …