With the increasing popularity of Minecraft and its community of kids and adult players across the globe, Mojang Studios came up with a monitoring system to ensure the game’s safety and fun for all the players.
Minecraft moderators make sure that interactions within the game are safe and free from harmful content. Behaviors of users that do not comply with the Microsoft Services Agreement and Minecraft’s community standards can be reported immediately because the harmful behaviors cannot be tolerated.
If these rules are violated, a user can be banned by another player by submitting a report. In this article, you will know what behavior needs to be reported, how to report a player in Minecraft, and what happens after reporting someone on Minecraft.
How does a Chat Reporting System Help?
With the chat reporting system in Minecraft Java edition, players can help keep the Minecraft community safe and fun for everybody. You just need to fill out a form on the report a concern link or report the player for abusive content or messages. This will protect the community from harmful behavior like hate speech, harassment or bullying, and other threat to harm oneself or others.
How to Report a Player in Minecraft?
On the Java edition, you need to attach a file or a screenshot of the chat messages that contain abusive or harmful content. The screenshot of the chat messages will be the proof of authentication of the player report.
First, you need to select the Game Title: Minecraft or Minecraft Java Edition.
Second, select the platform where you play on–Windows 10, PC, Xbox, macOS or iOs, etc. Next, you choose what you are reporting about: Select ‘Player.’ Then, you will have to select if the undesirable content what observed from the ff.: chat, player skin, gameplay, or other.
Lastly, select the reason for concern from the dropdown menu. You will have to fill out your email address and confirm your active email. Provide other information or comment about your case and then click ‘Submit.’
What Harmful Content to Report in Minecraft?
Harmful content is anything that suggests imminent harm: self-harm or suicide or threat to harm others, child sexual exploitation, terrorism, hate speech, bullying or harassment, encouraging to partake in drugs or alcohol., defamation and false information and impersonation, and also, intimate imagery without consent.
What Happens when you Report Someone in Minecraft?
When you report someone in Minecraft, after a thorough review and violations of the community standards are authenticated with the evidence provided, the game moderators will decide whether to suspend the account temporarily or permanently. On the contrary, if your account is banned, and you disagree you can appeal to send a review of the case. It is encouraged that users be responsible for sending a report. Irrelevant reports just to ban player accounts for no valid reason may lead to consequences on your account.