Most social media platforms implement content moderation to address interpersonal harms
such as harassment. Content moderation relies on offender-centered, punitive approaches …

Toxic behavior is known to cause harm in online games. Players regularly experience
negative, hateful, or inappropriate behavior. Interventions, such as banning players or chat …

Toxic behavior remains a salient challenge for online gaming environments, such as
multiplayer online battle arena video games (MOBAs). In this study, we sought to understand …

The emergence of the metaverse, a virtual reality space, has ushered in a new era of digital
experiences and interactions in global information systems. With its unique social norms and …

The aim of this work is to explore the forms of toxic behaviour that players encounter in
competitive multiplayer real-time strategy (RTS) games. To this end, we carried out …

Given the scale at which online harassment occurs, researchers and practitioners alike have
turned to computationally driven approaches to address it. However, because harassment is …

Toxicity is a common problem in online games. Players regularly experience negative,
hateful, or inappropriate behavior during gameplay. Intervention systems can help combat …

Toxicity is and remains a problem in multiplayer games, and can result in harm for players
and game environments. Grounded in prior work, we present four challenges that impede …

Toxicity is pervasive in online multiplayer games, exposing players to disruptive and harmful
behaviours. Players employ various approaches to cope with exposure to toxicity; however …

Toxicity in online games refers to behaviors where players disrupt the gaming experience of
others, leading to adverse outcomes such as depression and low self-esteem. Although …