Sega is taking the difficulty of sport dev harassment severely, following Bungie’s footsteps by suing a social media consumer 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 staff 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 as a result of authorized settlement — however revealed that it had given the person in query an opportunity to rectify their habits. Nonetheless, their “slanderous acts” didn’t cease, prompting the corporate to establish the perpetrator by way of a court docket order. The defendant will now pay damages to the worker and take away the objectionable materials.
It’s unclear the place this incident passed off and the place the social media consumer 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 consumer.
That mentioned, Sega has made it clear that it now has a “Buyer Harassment Coverage” whereby gamers who “injury the dignity of staff and result in a deterioration of the work atmosphere” might be handled. The corporate says that it has zero tolerance for violence, threats, and intimidation.
