Xbox Introduces Updated System to Enhance Account Visibility and Security
Xbox is introducing a new enforcement alert system that helps players understand how enforcements work, how multiple orders affect their accounts, and how they affect their account status.
This is also done to reduce harassment and cyberbullying. The new system issues warnings for each enforcement, and the severity of the warning depends on the inappropriate behavior. This means that every Xbox player now has access to a history of where they have affected their account.
Simply put, the new system gives players more clarity on how their online behavior affects their account. However, Microsoft is not changing its Xbox content policing policy despite the new enforcement warning system.
How the new Xbox Enforcement System works:
Xbox says that all user-submitted reports are evaluated, and only those that Xbox evaluates and the security team deem to be true will result in enforcement to avoid false positives. And now with the new system, Xbox says the enforcements will also include “warnings based on the severity of their actions.”
Xbox compared the new policy to driver’s license violations in many countries. A player who receives two strokes is now suspended from the platform for one day, and a player who receives four strokes is suspended for seven days.
Players will be issued a total of eight warnings, and if they reach that number, they will be suspended from using Xbox social features such as messaging, parties and party chats, multiplayer and more for one year from the date of enforcement.
“Any strikes received will remain on a player’s record for six months. Today, players are all starting from scratch or zero. Any previous enforcement actions such as suspensions must still be completed. The new rules from today will result in strikes,” Xbox said.
As before, Xbox players can still appeal “eligible” enforcement actions if they believe they’ve been wrongly charged.
