Author: Shannon Liao
League of Legends developer Riot Games has been dealing with allegations of a sexist work environment for the past month, and two employees who defended diversity efforts left the company yesterday, anonymous sources confirmed to Kotaku.
Systems designer Daniel Klein and communications associate Mattias Lehman were known to be outspoken on social media within the game’s community. Most recently, that discussion revolved around a controversial decision to keep some events at PAX West open only to women and non-binary people. Klein told The Verge: “I was fired for violating our social media policy.” It’s still not clear if Lehman was fired or if he quit.
Many employees at Riot have come forward after Kotaku published an exposé early last...
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League of Legends developer Riot Games has been dealing with allegations of a sexist work environment for the past month, and two employees who defended diversity efforts left the company yesterday, anonymous sources confirmed to Kotaku.
Systems designer Daniel Klein and communications associate Mattias Lehman were known to be outspoken on social media within the game’s community. Most recently, that discussion revolved around a controversial decision to keep some events at PAX West open only to women and non-binary people. Klein told The Verge: “I was fired for violating our social media policy.” It’s still not clear if Lehman was fired or if he quit.
Many employees at Riot have come forward after Kotaku published an exposé early last...
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