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SXSW panel rallies pro-Gamergate community

The panel that wasn’t Gamergate couldn’t help but be Gamergate.

On Mar 15, 2016 by Beth Elderkin

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SXSW’s Online Harassment Summit tackles the issue of social network harassment

At SXSW's Online Harassment Summit, the panel that was almost cancelled. .

On Mar 13, 2016 by Aja Romano

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Brianna Wu tackles online harassment in high-stakes SXSW summit

'Reddit is failing women.'

On Mar 12, 2016 by Aja Romano

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Zoe Quinn’s ex-boyfriend says their legal battle is not over

Quinn said she dropped her case, claiming that the justice system is 'meant to punish, not protect.'

On Feb 12, 2016 by Aja Romano

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Charges dismissed in high-profile Twitter harassment case

What happens when a simple disagreement escalates into a months-long tweetstorm?

On Jan 23, 2016 by Mary Emily O'Hara

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Anita Sarkeesian and others introduce a guide to protecting yourself online

'The tactics used to silence us are very much all the same.'

On Dec 9, 2015 by Marisa Kabas

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One year later, this is the legacy of Gamergate

... for non-gamers, anyway.

On Dec 9, 2015 by Sara Lautman

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Scarlett Johansson could play Zoe Quinn in just-announced Gamergate movie

Former Sony executive Amy Pascal won the bid for film rights.

On Nov 7, 2015 by Aja Romano

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SXSW reinstates gaming panels, will hold all-day summit on harassment

SXSW is trying to make amends.

On Oct 30, 2015 by Aja Romano

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3 ways SXSW got its Gamergate problem wrong

By canceling both its Gamergate panels, the festival missed the point.

On Oct 29, 2015 by Miri Mogilevsky

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Overwhelmed by threats of on-site violence, SXSW cancels 2 gamer panels

Shades of Gamergate.

On Oct 27, 2015 by Josh Katzowitz

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Funimation’s ‘Prison School’ dig incenses Gamergate and anime translation purists

'Are you one of those dumbass Gamergate creepshows?'

On Sep 25, 2015 by Aja Romano

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This is how men responded to a viral hashtag about changing gender roles

Apparently, masculinity is so fragile that we panic when people tweet about it.

On Sep 23, 2015 by Mary Emily O'Hara

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I was a teenage 4chan troll—until I learned to change my ways

The boys of the Internet need to start looking at the man in the mirror.

On Aug 26, 2015 by Luke Winkie

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The 2015 Hugo Awards put the ‘world’ back into Worldcon

Cixin Liu's 'The Three Body Problem' won Best Novel at this year's controversial Hugo Awards.

On Aug 23, 2015 by Gavia Baker-Whitelaw