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

[Gilad Lotan]

This is not new. The “gamergate” community has been continuously trolling these issues online. 
I just published an analysis this morning about the #ShoutYourAbortion hashtag, where the gamergate community is actively engaged against the different Feminist communities - 

http://qz.com/520309/how-to-tell-whether-a-twitter-user-is-pro-choice-or-pro-life-without-reading-any-of-their-tweets/ <http://qz.com/520309/how-to-tell-whether-a-twitter-user-is-pro-choice-or-pro-life-without-reading-any-of-their-tweets/>

Gilad

> On Oct 9, 2015, at 11:44 AM, Zara Rahman <zara at cihr.eu> wrote:
> 
> 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
> 
> -- 
> Zara Rahman
> Fellow at Centre for Internet and Human Rights
> http://zararah.net | Twitter: @zararah
> 
> 
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