These steps, to my knowledge, are completely unprecedented for CEA.
I do know that CEA does not talk publicly about cases like this, so I don’t think we would know whether there are other cases like this. I know of at least one case that has not been at all publicly discussed in which someone was banned from all EA events, and practically banned from ever having any kind of leadership position again.
There is now more information which suggests the allegations were not as severe as commenters here believed. Namely an investigative journalist says the allegations amounted to “insistent or clumsy flirting.” The single example of which we know details involved Jacy calling someone “cutie,” to which the discussant said they were not interested, and he responded that he was in a “polyamorous/open” relationship, which the discussant interpreted as continued flirting, but he says was only meant “to clarify that he was not cheating or intending to cheat on his partner.”
I think CEA may have done something similar with Gleb, though for very different reasons: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/fn7bo8sYEHS3RPKQG/concerns-with-intentional-insights
I do know that CEA does not talk publicly about cases like this, so I don’t think we would know whether there are other cases like this. I know of at least one case that has not been at all publicly discussed in which someone was banned from all EA events, and practically banned from ever having any kind of leadership position again.
Kathy Forth mentioned getting someone banned from EAG.
There is now more information which suggests the allegations were not as severe as commenters here believed. Namely an investigative journalist says the allegations amounted to “insistent or clumsy flirting.” The single example of which we know details involved Jacy calling someone “cutie,” to which the discussant said they were not interested, and he responded that he was in a “polyamorous/open” relationship, which the discussant interpreted as continued flirting, but he says was only meant “to clarify that he was not cheating or intending to cheat on his partner.”
They have also banned numerous people from EA events. I believe it is standard procedure whenever they get evidence of something like this.
Edit: now that I have a comment near the top, I’m signal boosting this video.
re signal boost: any particular reason why?
Because it’s helpful for people to listen to it on an occasion such as this.