Leading Technologies

Harnessing innovative technologies to maintain safe gaming spaces for players.

Leading Technologies

Harnessing innovative technologies to maintain safe gaming spaces for players.

To develop distinctive, captivating gameplay experiences that broaden the boundaries of entertainment, the video game industry has invested significantly in research and innovation.  This has led to new ways for players to have fun, as well as tools to create and maintain a safe, positive, and inclusive gaming environment. These technologies are often enabled in the background of gaming environments, working seamlessly to prevent harm before it happens. Without having to rely on players to report events, these tools proactively curb inappropriate content and behavior, working hand-in-hand with skilled human moderators who help monitor many gaming environments.

Communication-Filtering Technology detects inappropriate content and prevents other players from seeing it. All three console makers apply different kinds of filters across game, social and/or account set-up experiences. Learn how Sony Interactive Entertainment uses communication-filtering technology.

Image-Hashing Technology is used to prevent child exploitation by creating digital signatures of known images of child exploitation, which are then used with filtering or matching tools to identify and detect such images on online platforms. The video game industry works closely with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) and law enforcement to ensure these images are properly investigated. Learn how Microsoft uses image-hashtag technology.

Anti-Grooming Technology is used to protect children and vulnerable communities from online predators. It uses machine-learning technologies to detect, address and report abusers who attempt to lure other players. Learn how Microsoft uses anti-grooming technology.

Other Technologies for Addressing Inappropriate Behavior include those that identify and prevent inappropriate content and conduct and those that provide players with easy-to-use options on how they engage with one another. Learn how Electronic Arts uses other technologies to address inappropriate behavior.

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