2019 Blizzard Boycott - Epic CEO Tim Sweeny confirms that despite Tencent owning 40% of shares in the company they will not ban Fortnite players for speaking in favor of Hong Kong

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Гусебесие и сосаети @calibrono . 1h Replying to @Tim Sween ey Epic @TCatspider and @jasonschreier so if say @tfue said "Free Hong Kong" in a post-game interview, you wouldn't do anything? Transdimensional CatSpider @TCatspider 1h I'm more interested what @TimSweeneyEpic has to say. His company is 40% owned by Tencent after all. 1 3 11 2 1 Tim Sweeney @TimSweeneyEpic Tim Sweeney @TimSweeneyEpic - 44m Exactly. Replying to @TCatspider and @jasonschreier Epic supports the rights of Fortnite players and creators to speak about politics and human rights. t 4 4 92 Cherrish Choerry @CherrishChoerry 29m I thought your company had a majority investor from the Chinese? Surely it would just end up in a similar situation, Investor pulls out, big chunk of cashflow? It's not the right decision to make but I'm sure it puts any company on the edge FURINITE Tim Sweeney @TimSweeneyEpic 19m Epic is a US company and I'm the controlling shareholder. Tencent is an approximately 40% shareholder, and there are many other shareholders including employees and investors. 33 Cherrish Choerry @CherrishChoerry 18m 40% is a big cut though. They're already apparently pulling out of the NBA League. Can you honestly say if a similar event happened you wouldn't have to, sever ties with said influential figure, i.e the NBA coach/Hearthstone Champ Unlike Blizzard, Epic Games says it won't ban players for political speech Woke Fortnite theverge.com 10:02 AM Oct 9, 2019 Twitter for iPhone 1 2 424 Likes 116 Retweets Tim Sweeney @Tim SweeneyEpic 13m Yes, absolutely. That will never happen and controlling shareholder. on my watch as the founder, CEO, t 9 11 105

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Nedhitis

Oct 09, 2019 at 07:34PM EDT

When even the Tencent-co-owned company that is trying to have a monopoly on many PC games would (allegedly) not step down as low as denying basic human rights from people for money

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Kenaron

Oct 09, 2019 at 08:18PM EDT

Remember folks, Tencent are the people behind the Social Credit nightmare. Also remember that Epic has been in trouble over spyware / malware in their game launcher in the past, so if you were boycotting Epic this might not be enough reason to stop.

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