10-21-2019, 01:46 PM
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-50124553
League of Legends is facing a backlash after players discovered its online chat system censored the term "Uighur".
Uighurs are a Muslim ethnic minority who claim they have faced human rights abuses from the Chinese government.
Developer Riot Games acknowledged the fault, and blamed its filtering system for "banning words it shouldn't".
However, player complaints on official forums were blocked, and it is alleged a variety of other sensitive words like "freedom" are also being censored.
Users initially raised the issue on League of Legends' official forums, but due to rules stating that discussions about "ethnicity and race" are banned, their complaints were ignored.
Okay, I know automated filters aren't always reliable, and they sometimes ban innocuous words by mistake... but, how the heck does one censor 'Uighur' by accident? And why is it that only one publisher is known to have made this 'mistake', and that publisher just happens to be owned by Tencent?
Pardon my skepticism, but I find it difficult to believe that this is accidental .
League of Legends is facing a backlash after players discovered its online chat system censored the term "Uighur".
Uighurs are a Muslim ethnic minority who claim they have faced human rights abuses from the Chinese government.
Developer Riot Games acknowledged the fault, and blamed its filtering system for "banning words it shouldn't".
However, player complaints on official forums were blocked, and it is alleged a variety of other sensitive words like "freedom" are also being censored.
Users initially raised the issue on League of Legends' official forums, but due to rules stating that discussions about "ethnicity and race" are banned, their complaints were ignored.
Okay, I know automated filters aren't always reliable, and they sometimes ban innocuous words by mistake... but, how the heck does one censor 'Uighur' by accident? And why is it that only one publisher is known to have made this 'mistake', and that publisher just happens to be owned by Tencent?
Pardon my skepticism, but I find it difficult to believe that this is accidental .
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