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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: 3, Touché) by captain normal on Tuesday October 08 2019, @09:20PM (1 child)
"..framing of power and abuse thereof."
I think that's spelled "$$$$$".
Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts"- --Daniel Patrick Moynihan--
(Score: 2) by ikanreed on Tuesday October 08 2019, @09:24PM
I mean... yeah?
It's not the only kind of power, and it doesn't necessarily include abuse, but "Money=power" isn't a controversial statement. The universal belief that that's true is what makes money power.