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posted by martyb on Tuesday October 08 2019, @07:59PM   Printer-friendly
from the what-if-all-players-added-the-same-.sig? dept.

Bloomberg, Endadget and the rest of the digital news world are reporting on Blizzard suspending a Hearthstone Pro for adding a pro-Hong Kong message at the end of his stream.

From Bloomberg

A unit of Activision Blizzard Inc. has punished a player for expressing support for Hong Kong's protest movement, the latest example of a U.S. company attempting to rein in speech that might displease the Chinese communist party.

Blizzard's official release says that he violated competition rules, namely

Engaging in any act that, in Blizzard's sole discretion, brings you into public disrepute, offends a portion or group of the public, or otherwise damages Blizzard image will result in removal from Grandmasters and reduction of the player's prize total to $0 USD, in addition to other remedies which may be provided for under the Handbook and Blizzard's Website Terms.


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  • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 09 2019, @04:59AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 09 2019, @04:59AM (#904526)

    And it seems the alt-spelling crue is hard at work modding down the aristarchus, and after all his hard work? Ever wonder why SN has no friends?

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