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Breaking the Building Blocks of Hate: A Case Study of Minecraft Servers

Related topic:

Online radicalisation, including minors

Description:

This report analyses hate and harassment on private Minecraft game servers using anonymised chat and moderation logs from three servers. It finds that hateful and toxic behaviour is present and sometimes normalised in gaming chats, highlights the role of moderation and community guidelines in shaping safer spaces, and offers recommendations such as expanding moderation resources, improving data access for researchers, and strengthening community standards to mitigate harmful behaviour in online gaming environments.

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Language:

English

Date: 

10.03.2026

Proposed by:

PPHS

Source:

Anti-Defamation League (ADL), 2022