Why Dismiss Sexual Chat Harassment?
I reported a player in Battlefield 6 for blatant sexual harassment during a match in team chat. He made repeated crude, sexually explicit comments directly about a family member, including descriptive actions <removed>, completely unprovoked and disgusting.
It clearly breaks EA's User Agreement (Section 6: Rules of Conduct) and the Positive Play Charter, which ban abusive, harassing, sexually explicit, obscene, or bullying content in chat. This though, wasn't trash talk. This wasn't light banter; it was deliberately designed to degrade and humiliate. <removed>
I submitted full screenshots and a detailed report (Case #235538487), but support closed it with "No Fix Available" and said no action was taken.
I've double-checked the TOS and Charter myself — this 100% violates them. So why is EA ignoring obvious harassment like this? You guys say you want positive play and a respectful community, but when clear evidence is handed over, it's just dismissed. Other Games have taking appropriate action when confronted with said situation. Why not EA? I thought you wanted a 'healthy' environment.
An example.
EA will slap you with a 1-week (or worse) ban for dropping a slur , but <removed> to sexually harass people in chat? <removed> It'd probably slide as "banter", unless mass-reported. But drop a slur? Instant 7-day, no appeal.
The problem is that it doesn't matter how petty or grandiose the insult seems, it's an insult which clearly degraded the person in question without any doubt. Let it be a level 1 insult or a full assault insult. It doesn't have to be spelled out in the most descriptive methods <removed>. I get banter but to start attacking someone's family like this is not acceptable. Does it really have to be the most extreme stuff, like direct threats of sexual assault, direct slurs or something worse, before anything happens?
What's the actual line EA draws for what's "acceptable" harassment or sexual comments in chat? We can't just pick and choose which violations matter. The rules are there for a reason.
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