Sega is taking the difficulty of sport dev harassment critically, following Bungie’s footsteps by suing a social media person for “extreme slanderous and insulting feedback” in opposition to an worker. In a world the place the strains have gotten more and more blurred between on-line toxicity and offline harassment, Sega has warned others that it’ll defend its workers in any respect prices.
Sega has an organization coverage for coping with sport dev harassment
In a press launch (thanks, Automaton), Sega declined to delve into particulars of the incident — doubtless because of the authorized settlement — however revealed that it had given the person in query an opportunity to rectify their habits. Nevertheless, their “slanderous acts” didn’t cease, prompting the corporate to establish the offender through a courtroom order. The defendant will now pay damages to the worker and take away the objectionable materials.
It’s unclear the place this incident happened and the place the social media person is from, however provided that the press launch we’ve seen is in Japanese, we’re speculating that the case was filed in Japan in opposition to an area social media person.
That mentioned, Sega has made it clear that it now has a “Buyer Harassment Coverage” whereby gamers who “harm the dignity of workers and result in a deterioration of the work surroundings” might be handled. The corporate says that it has zero tolerance for violence, threats, and intimidation.
