[Air-L] #gamergate trolling attack going on now against a feminist tech movement

[Zara Rahman]

Hi all,

I thought this might be of interest for those of you studying trolling:
there is a (seemingly well-coordinated) Gamergate going on right now
against those using the hashtag #takebackthetech and (to a lesser
extent) #imagineafeministinternet.

Both of these hashtags started with the feminist organisation APC, and
they were/are planning an online twitter discussion tonight on the
impact of onlnie violence against women - but Gamergate trolls seem to
have picked up on it in advance.

The community is organising at the moment on how to respond, but if
you're interested in following/studying/archiving the attack - head to
#takebackthetech <https://twitter.com/hashtag/TakeBackTheTech?src=hash>.

For reference: https://www.takebackthetech.net/
https://www.apc.org/en/about/programmes/womens-networking-support-programme-apc-wnsp

Thanks - if you end up working on this topic further, please let me
know! And, perhaps this goes without saying but please don't @/tag me or
others in your responses if you choose to respond on Twitter. The
organisers of the twitter chat have already received abusive twitter and
email messages.

Best,

Zara

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Zara Rahman
Fellow at Centre for Internet and Human Rights
http://zararah.net | Twitter: @zararah