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Xbox Brasil dismisses new host after she was the victim of death and rape threats. (See Threadmark: Microsoft Responds)
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This is all kinds of wrong. Not only has she had to endure constant taunts, death threats and rape threats she then turns to her employer for help and they say she should "toughen up". Wow.
Also, folks saying Xbox Brazil need to get sorted out, lets not detract from the fact they went to the Global Xbox team with this and it was their decision to sever ties.....
What is troubling is what if other Microsoft/Xbox employees suffer this same kind of treatment, I would imagine they get the same kind of treatment from them......
Also, folks saying Xbox Brazil need to get sorted out, lets not detract from the fact they went to the Global Xbox team with this and it was their decision to sever ties.....
What is troubling is what if other Microsoft/Xbox employees suffer this same kind of treatment, I would imagine they get the same kind of treatment from them......
Xbox br official twitter account tweeted this.
Translation
We have made some changes in our Xbox original content strategy in Brazil, resulting in fewer channels.
We thank Isadora Basile and the talented staff at the agency for their creativity and contribution to Xbox news. The Xbox Wire will be the only news and high impact content source. The XboxBR channel will continue to experiment new ways to entertain the brazillian gamer.
Is there a global xbox team that's not xbox hq / Phil Spencer? I can't imagine him hearing that an employee was getting death threats and his recommendation was to fire her.
Probably all of them.
Microsoft US has to do something about it, this is disgraceful.
Dude if you're in a Director position, the least that you need to do, is check WTH you are posting. Also, look the comments, the people warned him about it, so why he didn't delete the post?
And you know why, he doesn't want to cut ties with the MilGrau legion.
Also, see Dog whistle
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Of course he doesn't. He saw how his fanatics turned on Xbox when Mil Grau was banned. Eventually they forgot because Mil Grau just needed to drop the Xbox brand name and their only stance against the toxicity on the community was a single tweet.
This is what pisses me most about this situation, it's that they know it's a toxic community but they just don't seem to care as long as they keep being fanatics.
Hi, majornelson
Oh, come the fuck on. Xbox Brasil management is absolutely appalling and they should be made responsible for the lack of action against Mil Grau. It took them far too long and the way then handled Isadora's situation is horrific too.
Disgusting. This is not only on XboxBR, but goes all the to the top. For them to act like that it's because they're not supervised in some capacity. And if they're, the hierarchy is shit as well.
Spencer likes to talk how there's no space for harassment on Xbox Live but seems like there's plenty on the community. Shame on them of allowing that.
Spencer likes to talk how there's no space for harassment on Xbox Live but seems like there's plenty on the community. Shame on them of allowing that.
As opposed to the superior, wholesome first world gaming culture?
Yeah it's not like major companies based in, say, Western Europe are currently roiled by scandal due to widespread culture of sexual harassment at the highest levels.
It's a sad thing, I really like Xbox and see those things just makes me sad =/
A racist, misogynistic and overall bigoted piece of human garbage who was an officially recognized xbox brand influencer in Brazil.
Let me guess, none are banned from Xbox Live and still spew their sewage online.
Fuck Xbox Brasil for this abhorrent behavior and fuck Microsoft for enabling them and for continuing to support them. There are no excuses for this.
Needs more high profile exposure like this and for some journalists to ask questions saboiut this BS in interviews with Phil. He's already on the PR round with interviews, please ask some difficult questions instead of just giving lip service and being a platform to promote PR spiel.
I know that he has not been "officially" associated with xbox branding for a few months now and that he is active on Twitter and Instagram. His XBL status is unknown to me.
Yep, they aren't allowed to use XBOX's brand on their websites(Youtube, Streaming etc), but they are still playing/making livestreams on XBOX platforms and spreading many bullshits online, more carefully now since they were punished once.
This is a problem in Brazilian branch, but if Microsoft dont act, it will be a problem in the whole company.
It is already, high up people in Xbox is associating with the most fanatic fanboys and join streams with bigot streamers.
They've had their own version of cancel culture for years they are in denial about.
After last year's big scandal about the disgusting treatment of female employees throughout Microsoft, shit like this happening still shows MS still has a loooooong way to go in getting it's shit together.
i reported your reply to moderation, I hope they do something.
I wonder if Phil Spencer, who has been somewhat reachable on Twitter, is well aware of the situation. I know MS Brazil has a different management and so it's not direct for him to intervene but I'm sure he can put enough internal pressure to make this better.
Yes, that's why we, residents in developing countries, have crafted terms such as "gamergate", which is a Brazilian Portuguese word, you know. Or have built a culture of toxic work environment on dozens of Ubisoft studios, most of them in "first world countries" and so on. Gaming is rotten here and healthy, equal and progressive everywhere else.
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