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Market Analysis November 11, 2021

Report: 30% of women experience toxicity and abuse while playing online games

PickFu and Utopia Analytics have shared a report on toxicity, misogyny, and missing moderation in online games. According to the data, most online gamers experienced or witnessed different forms of harassment from other players.

Dev Interviews October 6, 2021

Sharon Fisher on harassment and toxic behaviour in video games: “The old-fashioned approach to moderation needs to be re-thought”

Just over a month ago, Unity bought AI-driven audio analysis platform OTO to fight toxic behavior in multiplayer games. A month before that, Discord acquired Sentropy, a company behind AI-powered software to detect and remove online harassment. We sat down with Utopia Analytics‘ Sharon Fisher, a veteran in the games moderation space, to discuss the challenges the industry is facing in its quest to make the gaming environment safer.

Featured July 21, 2021

Utopia Analytics’ Sharon Fisher on Discord’s Sentropy acquisition: “Using human moderators just can’t address the scale of the challenge we are seeing”

Sharon Fisher, a veteran in the games moderation space, comments on Discord’s Sentropy acquisition, as well as the role of human-based and AI moderation in the video games industry.