Riot Games announced on its official website that starting from January 3, 2025, the user terms will expand the scope of penalties for hate speech to include speech in the context of Riot Games but outside the game.
For example, if a streamer uses the game’s built-in typing and voice methods to personally attack teammates or opponents while playing “League of Legends” or “Special Forces” and publish related hate speech, it may Being punished. If you are a partner of Riot Games, your cooperation permission may also be revoked.
In addition, any behavior including taking on behalf of players, sponsoring power-training websites, promoting account buying and selling, or otherwise encouraging players to violate official rules will also be punished.
For serious cases, Riot Games may completely ban all its games.
Riot said it does not actively monitor all messages on social media, but it has the right to ban the accounts of certain people if they attract official attention. This regulation will apply to all games owned by Riot Games, including “League of Legends”, “Special Forces”, etc.
After Riot Games made the announcement, there were both positive and negative opinions. Some people believed that this set a dangerous precedent, because there will be problems in how to define offensive language, including being taken out of context, or criticizing the game itself. In addition, If the representative cannot say any swear words, it will change the interaction between some live broadcasters and the community. But some people think that as long as they don’t have a bad mouth, they don’t have to worry about being punished.
Overall, the future still depends on the direction of Riot Games’ enforcement, whether it will only use this clause to deal with the worst cases.