Riot Games updates its terms of service for creators, imposing penalties for off-platform misconduct related to its games, effective Jan. 3.

Riot Games has new policies that can punish creators for breaking its code of conduct when not actively playing. The Latest Tech News, Delivered to Your Inbox

Riot Games will now ban content creators that engage in "Off-Platform Conduct" - specifically when Riot's games are in the background Example: "if a creator uses hateful slurs about an opposing player or teammate on their stream, but not in game over chat or voice comms, we can… pic.twitter.com/GBiKgx78A8

Riot Games strengthened its rules to combat and punish players who exhibit offensive behavior in streams and game sessions.

Riot Games has announced that it will now ban content creators who commit infringements against its TOS, even if the infringement doesn’t occur in-game.

Riot Games has announced further changes to its terms of service for its creator community, including a step to issue

Earlier this month, Riot Games sent out some information about its terms of service being updated. Most of the changes are pretty uninteresting, except for one, which mostly concerns the content creator community.