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WEEKEND, October 17-19, 2014 'How do you go after the cyber-mob?" GamerGate Angry ethics in journalism, but the For Jenson, the problem is less about the need for new laws than it is about the need to enforce those that exist. She video game playersonly thing they've produced in two months is harassment are harassing female gainst marginalized people Jennifer Allaway is a U.S researcher who studies di versity in the game industry. believes police need to be bet She has interviewed numer-ter educated on how the law amers; no one has said Veerender Jubbal, an as- een held responsible eravidtic based applies to online activity creator of the #StopGamer ous gamers and developers and says GamerGate is in no A lot of people, when they way reflective of the broadergo to report cyber-harassment video game community. Ac to the police, they feel like cording to Allaway's findings: they're talking to a brick wall," Gate2014 hashtag on Twitter Under the banner of “Gamer. Last week, game developer Gate," angry video game play- Brianna Wu fled her Boston ers are harassing and threat- home after her address was ening prominent women in posted on the Internet along- the game community and side r--- and death threats few, if any, are facing conseThe Twitter user responsible called Wu a "feminist asshat she said. Danielle Citron, a legal scholar at the University of 78 per cent of women and 71 per cent of men sup- port attempts to hire more women in the game industry Maryland, agrees. Her recent Crimes in Cyber- space, features interviews with Anita Sarkeesian and describes how initially, she was reluctant book, Hate ry 87 per cent of women and GamerGate began in Au and was upset she had mocked gust, when a diatribe about GamerGate game developer Zoe Quinn On Tuesday, feminist media surfaced online, written by an critic Anita Sarkeesian can ex-boyfriend and alleging she celled a lecture at Utah State slept with a journalist to en- University after the school sure a positive review for her received a threatening email. game Depression Quest. Angry Sarkeesian- who hails from users pounced, spreading the Toronto- was slated to speak allegations and sending Quinn about the portrayal of women threatening tweets and phone in video games calls 70 per cent of men want to a to see more female protag onists in video games hundreds of posts. It was daunt 83 per cent of women and ing, Citron said. "How 73 per cent of men believe diverse development teams create better-quality games. The FBI is investigating against Sarkeesianparticu- GamerGate supporters in (Sarkeesian's) spilled blood, argue it has sparked a discus and you will all bear witness to sion about bias in video game what feminist lies and journalism, while critics be have done to the men of Amer- lieve the movement is merely ica," the letter said. a front for misogynistic attacks. Despite the fact that many are illegal larly a bomb threat that was sent to the Game Developers We actually don't have Choice Awards in San Francis- legislation that's caught up with co last March and Citron is the nature of these threats," hopeful that some of the worst said York University professor offenders may actually end up This Jan. 17, 2013, photo, provided by Anita Sarkeesian, shows her with vintage video game machines in Minneapolis. ALEX LAZARA/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS under the GamerGate banner threats or hate speech-no such as harass one has been held responsible Jennifer Jenson. "Right now, we before a court. "They say they're about of the activities carried out ment, slander and uttering or charged. SPOOKYOUR Our Halloween Collection in

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Oct 17, 2014 at 04:20PM EDT

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Oct 17, 2014 at 04:32PM EDT

Id rather know how to spook your drink

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