As one of the biggest multiplayer gaming juggernauts in the world, the Call of Duty franchise has a reputation for toxic players. Activision has been trying to curb this longstanding notoriety, and recently announced that it has banned more than 350,000 accounts that displayed racist or toxic behavior over the last 12 months, whether in game chat or via their usernames and clan tags.
“We are committed to delivering a fun gameplay experience for all of our players,” said a blog post from Activision. “There?s no place for toxic behavior, hate speech or harassment of any kind in our games or our society. We are focused on making positive steps forward, and together celebrating the best fans in the world.”
They go on to acknowledge that addressing toxicity is not simple and requires ongoing efforts to hold at bay. Their efforts over the last year have included:
Banned over 350,000 accounts for racist names or toxic behavior based on player-submitted reports and an extensive review of our player-name database
Deployed new in-game filters to catch potentially offensive user-names, clan tags or profiles
Implemented new technology to filter potentially offensive text chat
Implemented filters across 11 languages

They plan to further improve and increase player reporting capabilities and moderation in addition to “addressing voice chat to help combat toxicity.”
“Our goal is to give players the tools needed to manage their own gameplay expe...