Sega has revealed it’s taken legal action against a social media user for harassing one of its employees, warning that it will continue to pursue legal remedies or criminal proceedings should similar occurrences happen in the future.
The company – which published a Consumer Harassment Policy last year – reiterated its stance on social media harassment in a post on its Japanese website. Providing context, it explained it has been dealing with an individual who has made “excessive slanderous and insulting comments on social media against one of our employees” for a “long time”.
After the individual failed to improve their behaviour, Sega continued, the company was granted access to the person’s information through the court. Since then, it’s reached a settlement, with the individual agreeing to “pay damages to our employee, delete the slanderous and insulting comments, and refrain from such actions in the future.”
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