Fighting toxicity is a technology arms race.
Fighting toxicity is a technology arms race.
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Using tech to fight toxicity in online games

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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  • 14 min

This article is part of GamesBeat’s special issue, Gaming communities: Making connections and fighting toxicity.

We’re probably never going to stamp out toxicity in online games. But it’s always interesting to see how we can fight the good fight.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.