News Summary

• Kotick will stay at Activision Blizzard until the end of the year.In 2022, a judge approved Activision Blizzard’s $18 million settlement with the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission over a separate lawsuit alleging sexual harassment and discrimination at the company..
• (The company told the SEC last year that an internal investigation found “no evidence to suggest” that senior executives ignored allegations of gender harassment.).
• The CRD (formerly known as the Department of Fair Employment and Housing or DFEH) filed this lawsuit in July 2021, alleging that Activision Blizzard had a “frat boy” culture where women were subject to sexual harassment and gender-based discrimination..
• He’s submitted several accepted emoji proposals to the Unicode Consortium.A California regulator has settled its blockbuster lawsuit that alleged a culture of sexual harassment at Activision Blizzard..
• Now under the ownership of Microsoft, the gaming company will pay about $54 million as part of the settlement, according to a press release from California’s Civil Rights Department (CRD)..
• By Jay Peters, a news editor who writes about technology, video games, and virtual worlds..