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BIZARRE: Gamergate event - You Need To See This

Musk treats DOGE like a video game

The long-ago troll tantrum from video gamers upset by women kicked off the culture wars for the stupid era

Salon · Feb 24, 2025

House GOP wages a targeted hate campaign

Harassment of a trans lawmaker shows the GOP is now imitating the most vile MAGA trolls like Libs of TikTok

Salon · Nov 21, 2024

The disturbing online misogyny of Gamergate has returned – if it ever went away

While some of their language has changed the sentiment of this aggressive online movement is just as distressing. As one of their targets, I should know

The Guardian - UK · Jun 19, 2024

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What is Sweet Baby Inc? Elon Musk says video games are 'woke' as debate intensifies

The company has an interest in diversity and inclusion, however, it’s been accused of steering the direction of the games they work on to promote “wokeness”

Evening Standard · Mar 21, 2024

The Sweet Baby debacle is a depressing throwback to Gamergate - aren't we past this?

The gaming space is opening up, but this latest backlash shows how far we’ve still got to go

Evening Standard · Mar 15, 2024

It’s 10 years since Gamergate – the industry must now stand up to far-right trolls

Conspiracy theorists are still routinely targeting and abusing women and ‘woke’ game consultants. With a small studio currently under fire, the games industry’s silence is deafening

The Guardian - UK · Mar 8, 2024

How 'GamerGate' led the gaming industry to embrace more diverse and caring values

Video game developers have always sought to “find the fun” for their audiences and to provide players with exciting worlds to escape to. However, the cost of “finding the fun” was highlighted in 2014 when women in the games industry attempted to expose the misogyny in some games and in…

The Conversation · Sep 9, 2022

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Alt-right groups are targeting young video gamers — and finding a culture where extremist views can flourish

When her son came across a violent YouTube clip while looking up gaming videos, Stephanie worried he was drifting towards the alt-right. And experts say there's no doubt extremists are targeting gaming spaces where young white men spend time.

ABC News · Jul 14, 2022

Twitter was at the forefront of content moderation. What comes next?

In 2015, a man wearing a skull mask posted a video outlining his plans to murder Brianna Wu. The skull video was only one of many such disturbing and bizarre posts targeting Wu and other women online as part of a harassment campaign dubbed GamerGate.

Los Angeles Times · Apr 27, 2022

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