There is a lot of harassment in the game. if there is one thing my city What we hope to see is that big-name publishers will speak out against it, rather than give in to it or acquiesce to it through silence. Meanwhile, Sega’s approach Found in european playersthe company recently cracked down on someone for verbally abusing one of its employees.
Post a message Go to its company website On July 17, Sega released a statement outlining a recent case in Japan in which the company sued an individual who the publisher said had “chronic comments on social media against one of our employees.” Excessive defamatory and insulting comments.” The company then went on to say, sounding like a very disappointed father (via Google Translate), “…since there was no improvement, we were forced to take legal action.” Everyone’s dad took legal action against them as a kid ,Yeah?
Highlighting the differences in tolerance between the United States and Japan, the court agreed to release the offender’s personal information to Sega, who then contacted the troll directly and “negotiated” a settlement. Sega will pay unspecified compensation to the employee by an unidentified individual and “remove defamatory and insulting comments and refrain from such conduct in the future.”
Yes, we’d love to know more details, too, but Sega has made it clear that’s all it has to say on the subject. “As this is a case related to court proceedings, we ask that you refrain from making any inquiries regarding this matter,” the company wrote. The statement continued (again via Google Translate):
We consider defamatory behavior against employees, such as postings of violence, threats and intimidation, to be a serious human rights issue that undermines employee dignity and leads to a deteriorating working environment. We do not tolerate any harassing behavior, and in order to respect all employees and protect their human rights, when we determine that any behavior is malicious, we will continue to take appropriate action in accordance with our Customer Harassment Policy. Please review our Customer Harassment Policy and avoid any behavior that would compromise an employee’s dignity.
Of course, given the scarcity of information, it’s hard to know what to think about this. The description given by Sega could be anything from a series of unpleasant insults, all the way to specific death threats, and while neither behavior is welcome, the law does tend to regulate the two extremes differently. .
It would be great if everyone could stop being a huge asshole on social media. It would be nice if there were some kind of karmic consequences for people who spend their lives trying to destroy other people because they’re afraid of girls or whatever. However, it does seem tricky to think that the solution is for courts to grant personally identifiable information to companies so that they can secretly take people’s money. This… doesn’t feel right.
Sega has made it clear that this matter is not over yet and if others go after their employees, Sega intends to repeat these actions to make its stance clear to the world. Customer Harassment Policy, it seems to believe it can legally enforce it against the planet’s population. I like the energy, not the method.
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