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Zoe Quinn & Anita Sarkeesian talks start after the 1:20:10 mark Launch of the Broadband Working Group on Gender Report
I am not sure if some of these questions are serious, but some people asked who Anita or Zoe was in the thread.
Anita is the creator of Tropes vs. Women in Video Games. A series that aims to offer feminist critique of video games. She has faced online abuse since she launched her kickstarter for the project in 2012. http://feministfrequency.com/
Zoe Quinn is a developer that created a game based on depression. Last year, an ex-boyfriend wrote a post about her talking about their relationship and accused her of sleeping with journalists for positive reviews. This was proven false, but she has been receiving abuse for over a year. She has created a private network of experts to assist victims of online harassment. http://www.crashoverridenetwork.com/
Here is what GamerGate is:
http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Gamergate
https://www.reddit.com/r/GamerGhazi/wiki/index
https://twitter.com/femfreq/status/647048037123125248
And yesterday, Anita, Zoe, Randi Harper, and others met with the team at Google Ideas and discussed ways to combat online harassment. Google Ideas tweeted about this and the responses from GamerGaters, MRAs, TERFs, etc was mostly abuse.
https://twitter.com/googleideas/status/646783722570682369
https://twitter.com/googleideas/status/646795257057669124
I wonder if there is a stream for the talks?
EDIT: Here is the live feed: http://webtv.un.org/live-now/watch/...roup-on-gender-report/4484980560001#full-text
EDIT 2: This week hasn't really been going well for GG. Even anime has betrayed them: https://vine.co/v/ePY7XLqrrZZ
That's from the dub that Funimation did.
Here is the report that got presented at the UN today.
Cyber Violence Against Women & Girls: A Worldwide Wake-Up Call
Key findings:
- An estimated 73 per cent of women have already been exposed to, or have experienced, some form of online violence.
- Women in the age range of 18 to 24 are uniquely likely to experience stalking and sexual harassment in addition to physical threats.
- Nine million women in the European Union’s 28 countries alone have experienced online violence as young as 15 years old.
- One in five female Internet users live in countries where harassment and abuse of women online is extremely unlikely to be punished.
- In many countries women are reluctant to report their victimization for fear of social repercussions.
- Cyber VAWG puts a premium on emotional bandwidth, personal and workplace time, financial resources and missed wages.
Key recommendations:
- Sensitization – Preventing cyber VAWG through training, learning, campaigning and community development to promote changes in in social attitudes and behavior.
- Safeguards – Implementing oversight and maintaining a responsible Internet infrastructure through technical solutions and more informed customer care practices
- Sanctions – Develop and uphold laws, regulations and governance mechanisms to deter perpetrators from committing these acts.
"The report argues that rigorous oversight and enforcement of rules banning cyber VAWG on the Internet will be an essential foundation stone if the Internet is to become a safe, respectful and empowering space for women and girls, and, by extension, for boys and men."
Edit. VAWG = violence against women and girls
I am not sure if some of these questions are serious, but some people asked who Anita or Zoe was in the thread.
Anita is the creator of Tropes vs. Women in Video Games. A series that aims to offer feminist critique of video games. She has faced online abuse since she launched her kickstarter for the project in 2012. http://feministfrequency.com/
Zoe Quinn is a developer that created a game based on depression. Last year, an ex-boyfriend wrote a post about her talking about their relationship and accused her of sleeping with journalists for positive reviews. This was proven false, but she has been receiving abuse for over a year. She has created a private network of experts to assist victims of online harassment. http://www.crashoverridenetwork.com/
Here is what GamerGate is:
http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Gamergate
https://www.reddit.com/r/GamerGhazi/wiki/index
I’m with @TheQuinnspiracy at @UN_Women’s launch of a new report to end #cyberviolence against women and girls.
https://twitter.com/femfreq/status/647048037123125248
And yesterday, Anita, Zoe, Randi Harper, and others met with the team at Google Ideas and discussed ways to combat online harassment. Google Ideas tweeted about this and the responses from GamerGaters, MRAs, TERFs, etc was mostly abuse.
‏@googleideas
Fighting online abuse w/ @FeministaJones @TheQuinnspiracy @roseveleth @randileeharper @jamiaw @CCRInitiative @femfreq
https://twitter.com/googleideas/status/646783722570682369
@googleideas
The replies to our last tweet are precisely why we are exploring ways to combat online harassment.
https://twitter.com/googleideas/status/646795257057669124
I wonder if there is a stream for the talks?
EDIT: Here is the live feed: http://webtv.un.org/live-now/watch/...roup-on-gender-report/4484980560001#full-text
EDIT 2: This week hasn't really been going well for GG. Even anime has betrayed them: https://vine.co/v/ePY7XLqrrZZ
That's from the dub that Funimation did.