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In 2020, 31% of Black or African American players reported being harassed in online games.

In 2021, 42% of Black or African American gamers reported being targeted because of their identity in online games.

Similarly, Asian American players, 26% were targeted in 2020,

and in 2021, 38% were targeted by identity-based hate in online games.

I'm Quinted Jurassic, and this is the LawFair podcast, November 11, 2021.

Today we're bringing you another episode of Arbiters of Truth, our series on the online information ecosystem.

And with the holiday season approaching, we thought we'd take a break from all the bleak content

and talk about something fun. Video games.

Just kidding, content moderation in video games turns out to be just as much of a bummer as content moderation everywhere else.

Perhaps even more so.

Evelyn Duwek and I spoke with Daniel Kelly, the director of strategy and operations for the Anti-Defamation Leaks Center for Technology and Society.

He studies how companies deal with the many moderation issues that pop up in gaming.

From harassment, the digital recreations of violent hate crimes and white nationalist propaganda.

And his team at the Anti-Defamation League has a new report out on how players experience abuse,

but also joy and connection while gaming.

We asked Daniel to make the case for us about why everyone, gamers and non-gamers alike, should care about games,

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