Recent reports from Bloomberg indicate that Activision’s CCO is withdrawn before closing the Microsoft purchase. Townsend has decided to resign ahead of Microsoft’s proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard, worth nearly US$70 billion. Townsend, who previously served as assistant for national security and counterterrorism to President George W. Bush, had been executive vice president of corporate affairs and chief compliance officer for Activision Blizzard since March 2021.
However, Townsend found himself under fire in response to DEFH’s lawsuit against ActivisionBlizzardwhich accused the company of failing to adequately address worrying and frequent reports of harassment and discrimination within the company. He made comments, which were part of Activision Blizzard’s combative response to the lawsuit, helping to cause employees to go on strike at He protests the working conditions in the company and the loss of faith in his leadership.
Activision’s CCO is withdrawn before closing the Microsoft purchase
Townsend later received significant criticism for using his Twitter account to tweet ‘the problem with whistleblowing‘ in a message linked to an Atlantic article on the subject. After receiving a large number of responses, Townsend allegedly started blocking Activision Blizzard employees on Twitter and then deleted your account.