Taming the Trolls: How League of Legends Intends to Wipe Out Cyberbullying for Good

Millions of young online gamers today are accustomed to battling bad guys. But their biggest foes are often their fellow players. Many online gaming sites are rife with creepy bigotry, harassment and even death threats. So how do you root out the rotten apples? Over the past several years, Riot Games, which produces the immensely popular League of Legends, has been experimenting with artificial intelligence (AI) and predictive analytics tools to find the online trolls and make their games more sportsmanlike.