The Questions Raised by California’s Dropped Sexual Harassment Suit Against Activision
Summary
On Friday, a California state agency withdrew its allegations against the video game maker Activision Blizzard of fostering a culture of sexual harassment against women. On Friday, the California state agency that accused the video game maker Activision Blizzard of fostering a culture of sexual harassment against women withdrew those allegations in a $54 million settlement with the company. How the state agency went from accusing Activision of fostering a culture in which female employees were “subjected to constant sexual harassment” to withdrawing those claims a couple of years later isn’t clear. And then finally came a scathing Wall Street Journal story about accusations that the company didn’t handle sexual misconduct allegations properly. The Justice Department could ask for one of the platforms where it distributes its search engine, such as its Chrome web browser or Android operating system, to be spun off from the company.