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by Lee Davis, on July 28, 2020
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 …
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Gaming
child safety
The Brief
kids
by Lee Davis, on June 29, 2020
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 …
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Gaming
voice chat moderation
dating apps
by Lee Davis, on April 23, 2020
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 …
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grooming
social media
Gaming
by Katie Zigelman, on March 24, 2020
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 …
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Initiatives
trash-talking
cyberbullying
Contextual AI
March Gaming
by Daisy Soderberg-Rivkin, on March 23, 2020
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 …
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League of Legends
Initiatives
Sega
World of Warcraft
Fortnite
Atari
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Overwatch
by Daisy Soderberg-Rivkin, on March 19, 2020
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 …
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Jeff Lin
Gaming
GDC 2013
League of Legends
Initiatives
cyberbullying
March Gaming
by Katie Zigelman, on March 17, 2020
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, …
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Valve
Initiatives
Blizzard
March Gaming
Overwatch
Minerva
by Katie Zigelman, on March 12, 2020
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 …
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Gaming
Language
Leet Speek
March Gaming
by Katie Zigelman, on March 4, 2020
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 …
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Playstation 4
Roblox
Initiatives
Xbox
Fortnite
Minecraft
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Nintendo Switch
by Katie Zigelman, on December 9, 2019
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 …
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Gaming
CSAM
Initiatives
NYTimes
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