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![Gamergate (harassment campaign) Article Talk From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia For other uses, see Gamergate (disambiguation). Gamergate or GamerGate (GG)[¹] was a loosely organized misogynistic online harassment campaign and a right-wing backlash against feminism, diversity, and progressivism in video game culture. [2][³] It was conducted using the hashtag "#Gamergate" primarily in 2014 and 2015.[1][4][5][6] Beginning in August 2014, Gamergate targeted women in the video game industry, most notably feminist media critic Anita Sarkeesian and video game developers Zoë Quinn and Brianna Wu, among others.[7][8][9][10][11] The harassment campaign included doxing, r--- threats, and death threats.[12][13][14] Gamergate proponents ("Gamergaters") stated that they were a social movement, but lacked well-defined goals, a coherent message, and leaders, making Gamergate difficult to define.[15][16][17] Gamergaters claimed to promote ethics in video games journalism, claimed to be protecting the "gamer" identity, and opposed what they asserted as "political correctness" in video games.[18][19][20][21][22] Read Date Target Gamergate, online harassment campaign in 2014-15 that targeted women in the video game industry. The attacks were attributed largely to white male right-wing gamers who railed against the rise and influence of women and feminism in the industry. Gamergate served as a recruiting tool for the growing alt-right movement and helped spur the online “Pizzagate" conspiracy theory, which soon spawned the wider QAnon conspiracy movement. …………………………....…..……….…..... Attack type Victims Motive View source Inquiry XA 28 languages ✓ Perpetrators Internet trolls, particularly from 4chan, Internet Relay Chat, and 8chan View history Tools ✓ Gamergate August 2014 - 2015 Women in the video game industry See all media Online harassment campaign Zoë Quinn, Anita Sarkeesian, Brianna Wu, and others Gamergaters created conspiracy theories falsely accusing Quinn of an unethical relationship with video game journalist Nathan Grayson.[23][24][25] More broadly, they alleged unethical collusion between the press and feminists, progressives, and social critics.[17][26] [27] These claims were widely dismissed as trivial, conspiracy theories, baseless, or unrelated to actual issues of ethics in gaming and journalism.[28] [29][30] Gamergate supporters frequently denied that the harassment took place, falsely claiming it to be manufactured by the victims.[31][32] Misogyny anti-feminism anti- progressivism FBI investigation Gamergate has been described as a culture war over cultural diversification, artistic recognition, feminism in video games, social criticism in video games, and the social identity of gamers.[28][33] [34] [35] Many supporters of Gamergate opposed the increasing influence of feminism and so-called "social justice warriors" on video game culture. [2][36] Gamergate led figures both inside and outside the gaming industry to focus on methods of addressing online harassment, ways to minimize harm, and prevent similar events. [37] [38] [39] [40] Gamergate has been viewed as a contributor to the alt-right and other right- wing movements.[21][41] Video game developer Brianna Wu](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/list/002/691/215/331.png "What the actual f--- are we supposed to do about this")
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![[Return] [Catalog] [Bottom] [Update] [ idi Auto] File: Hitler1a ipg (191 KB, 980x1190) □ Anonymous 09/19/14(Fri)17: 11:29 No. 36040475 >236040567 >236040733 >>36040780 2236040996 So this has been deleted 4 times in a row now by mods doing it for FREE TL:DR for people who don't know, spread it >On the 14th of September, moot attended a pane by Anita Sarkeesian about the harassment of women in games >3 days later, a sudden massive pruning and ban spree goes off on vl, deleting anything GG related and banning OPs for 3 days >No reason is given, no response, it's sudden, brutal, and they tried to keep it hidden >People reason that maybe it's not videogames, so it would be politics, and it's taken to /pol/ >Threads on /pol/ instantly deleted, OPs banned, people banned for saying "n-----" >People take it to /bl, since it doesn't fit anywhere else apparently >Repeat what happened on and /pol/, still complete radio silence >Constant and brutal censorship of any GamerGate related posts or threads worse than on NeoGaf or Reddit, people got banned/pruned for posting GG, when it was referring to Guilty Gear >Corrupt journos announce triumphantly that even 4chan is distancing itself >Any links to ANY GamerGate (or 4chan censorship) related page are instantly deleted, the poster banned (this is especially disgusting, they want it dead, not just removed from this website) >Due to the extremity of the crackdown, it takes a while for people to get informed about the events >Now it's spreading like wildfire, /sp/ is in all out riot, so is v, some discussions still on /pol/ are safe, for now >moot still has not responded, even though his email has been spammed to s--- by now, it's total radio silence](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/list/000/832/876/09f.jpg "They've got you")
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