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.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Wednesday October 09 2019, @12:07PM (1 child)
Which let us note is not a large number. My view is that the fate of Hong Kong is a much bigger problem in the long run than a democracy with a little violence.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 10 2019, @08:57PM
Yeah, it's just a few people whose rights are being systematically destroyed.
No. The individual is the smallest minority, and individual rights are paramount. Any violation of individual rights is automatically important.