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SXSW Cancels Panels On Harassment Due To Harassment (sxsw.com)

Posted by Soulskill on from the let's-pretend-there-isn't-problem dept.

New submitter rMortyH writes: Two panels on online harassment in gaming scheduled for the upcoming South by Southwest festival have been cancelled due to online harassment and threats. According to a statement from SXSW Director Hugh Forrest, "... in the seven days since announcing these two sessions, SXSW has received numerous threats of on-site violence related to this programming. ... If people can not agree, disagree and embrace new ways of thinking in a safe and secure place that is free of online and offline harassment, then this marketplace of ideas is inevitably compromised."

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  1. Re:There was not one panel for each side by drinkypoo · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Randi Harper's panel was about technology design to combat internet harassment. GamerGate was not mentioned.

    Enough GamerGaters are pro-harassment (with excuses as to why it's justified) to where you really can't argue that GamerGaters aren't a factor when harassment occurs.

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