'My responsibility is to make sure that our communities feel safe, secure, comfortable and satisfied and entertained.' Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick made a rare public appearance Tuesday and touched on recent controversies surrounding his company
Chung "Blitzchung" Ng Wai for voicing support of pro-democracy protestors in Hong Kong during an official livestream.
"We're the operator of the communities that allow you to have fun through the lens of a video game," Kotick continued, per a transcript of the conversation. "My responsibility is to make sure that our communities feel safe, secure, comfortable and satisfied and entertained ... That doesn't convey to me the right to have a platform for a lot of political views, I don't think.
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