Anyone who has played a Call of Duty online match is surely familiar with disgusting, unsavory, and awful voice chat. Activision is taking steps to improve the online experience for everyone by partnering with Modulate to offer “real-time voice chat moderation” for a number of Call of Duty games, including this year’s Modern Warfare III.
Voice chat in Modern Warfare III will use Modulate’s AI-powered moderation system called ToxMod to identify and take action against all forms of toxic verbal speech. This is on top of Call of Duty’s anti-toxicity team’s own measures against text-based toxic chat and usernames. The Call of Duty series also has an in-game reporting system that players can use to help alert Activision to jerks in online spaces.
Activision chief technology officer Michael Vance said in a news release that there is “no place for disruptive behavior or harassment in games ever.”