Toxicity runs rampant in many gaming communities. It's an accepted joke in many circles that Call of Duty voice chat is a place for people to bully each other. For those who play team-based shooters such as Valorant, vitriolic voice chat is unavoidable for anyone who wants to play this kind of team-based online game effectively. Riot Games, the publisher behind Valorant, is hoping to combat voice chat toxicity with a new tool that evaluates the audio data based on user-generated reports. What could possibly go wrong?
