Activision Blizzard goes on the offensive. The company filed a lawsuit against the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing, which has recently become known as the Department of Civil Rights. The peculiarity of the situation is that the Department in 2021 filed a lawsuit against Activision Blizzard, accusing the company of discrimination against women, harassment, unfair pay and other violations of civil rights. This was the beginning of a full-blown reputational scandal.
Now, Activision is accusing its accusers of being mindful of their own business for too long and not being transparent in their negotiations with the media, labor unions and activists who contributed to the information war.
The company alleges that the California Department of Civil Rights “deliberately created a storm of hostile media coverage of the company based on malicious and knowingly false claims.”
According to Activision, its own internal investigation did not reveal “mass harassment” or other large-scale violations. Back in June, the company called the Department’s lawsuit “only for the press” and full of inflammatory allegations.
Activision Blizzard is now requiring the California Department of Civil Rights to provide various internal documents, including details of negotiations with Communication Workers of Americaa union that this year pushed for opening divisions within Activision, starting with Raven Software.
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