If you get fed up with being abused on Xbox Live, Microsoft is finally instigating some additional tools to try to combat it. The new filters come in a variety of tiers, allowing and disallowing certain content unilaterally across Xbox Live messaging, friend requests, and Xbox apps on both PC and mobile.
The text filter levels start with Friendly, where the filter will detect and block all offensive content that it can. It will do its best to not interfere with the themes of games and speech that would be considered normal, and will provide context where it can so as not to make messages unreadable, but it will look to remove anything that could be deemed offensive.
Medium is a setting that would try to find a balance between Friendly and the more Mature settings, where it understands that harsh language without malicious intent is fine, but more targeted toxic statements or harassment would still not be tolerated.
Mature is lenient towards all kinds of language, almost across the board. It would still not tolerate explicitly sexual content, anything that targets race or gender maliciously, and nationalistic attacks would also be thwarted. This is the anti-bully filter, but leaves just about everything else at the wayside.
Unfiltered will be the same experience that's been present for nearly two decades of Xbox Live. Microsoft only recommends this setting be used with close friends.
Text filters will enter Microsoft's Xbox Early Access platform in October.
