What you need to know
- Activision, the Microsoft-owned publisher of blockbuster first-persoon shooter franchise Call of Duty, has released an internal research paper in partnership with California Institute of Technology on disruptive player behavior and moderation efforts.
- The Disruptive Behavior team has shared that it will continue to use ToxMod, a proactive AI-powered voice moderation tool that was implemented in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (2023).
- Activision reports the current anti-toxicity strategy has effectively reduced voice toxicity by 43% among English, Spanish, and Portuguese-speaking players.
- The strategy will expand for Black Ops 6 to include support for French and German at launch on October 25.
- Over 45 million disruptive text messages were blocked since 2019 thanks to text-based moderation by Community Sift. Text moderation will expand to 20 languages with Black Ops 6.
