It turns out that racism is a kind of huge problem in the EA sports games. Team names and usernames can become quite horrible, and there is no good way to report them. So far, EA has taken no action on this problem. Now, with the death of George Floyd triggering massive protests around the world, EA is put on the ground.
Specifically, the company will implement more tools to signal toxic behaviors, while increasing the frequency to which they check toxic behaviors within their systems. The players have previously complained that the reporting system for things like the names of racist teams in NHL 20 is more or less non-existent. With these changes to come, maybe people will be able to call these garbage when they see it.
EA states that their search system is "complete and takes into account various languages, dialects and slang". They also published a second declaration specifically for NHL 20, which shows you how badly things go there. This article mentions that the improved reporting system will be implemented for future securities. Hope the current players will also have more tools to handle things like the names of racist teams. At the very least, their blasphemy filters are reinforcing and EA imposes more severe sanctions for people they catch by doing this kind of thing. Overall, good job to finally cross this critical step, you guys.
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