Gaming companies get DHS to combat radicalization of online gamers

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/09/dhs-funds-700k-research-to-combat-radicalization-of-online-gamers/

by anigbrowl • 4 years ago

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zhxshen• 4 years ago

Bush made the agency, & now budgets must be justified. With a lull in terrorism, they'll either have to fund new terrorisms (i.e. CIA funds making their way to ISIS[0]), or define it downward (like dropping the N-word in call of duty).

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timber_Sycamore

tarakat• 4 years ago

“the development of a set of best practices and centralized resources for monitoring and evaluation of extremist activities as well as a series of training workshops for the monitoring, detection, and prevention of extremist exploitation in gaming spaces for community managers, multiplayer designers, lore developers, mechanics designers, and trust and safety professionals.”

It is only the stigma around surveillance that's keeping them from expanding these efforts (faster) to phone networks, public transport, chain restaurants, and eventually all public spaces.

In fact it's already starting:

https://www.theverge.com/2012/12/10/3752318/microphone-surve...

https://www.wired.com/2012/12/public-bus-audio-surveillance/

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2016/03/24/seen-and-hear...

Gaming companies get DHS to combat radicalization of online gamers

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