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VIDEO GAME VOTERS N E T W OR K videogamevoters.org/news/details/vgvn-statement-on-u.n.-cyberviolence-report VGVN Statement on U.N Cyberviolence Report A new report from the United Nations entitled, "Cyber Violence Against Women and Girls" has fallen into the tired strategy of using hyperbolic, outlandish and outdated notions of video games and gamers. While it is nothing new for politicians and the media to incorrectly characterize video games and game players, this latest attempt reaches new heights of absurdity. This report cites an opinion article written in 2000 filled with outdated views from noted and debunked anti-video game pundits. As an example, the report quotes Lyndon LaRouche and his wife, Helga Zepp LaRouche, and further the U.N.'s source material cites Zepp La Rouche's work, The Mark of the Beast: America's Children Are in Mortal Danger," in which she mistakenly reports that children as young as two are abusing digital entertainment. A claim that has been specifically (and repeatedly) denied by medical professionals. It is embarrassing that the U.N. would even consider these as reliable sources for a report on video games or gamers The Video Game Voters Network strongly supports empowering women and minorities and creating an inclusive online environment that is welcoming of all views and perspectives. However, the U.N. does this issue serious harm by spreading stereotypes and misinformed opinions that undercut its credibility. The safety of Internet users on all platforms will not be helped by reports citing dubious sources, 15-year-old webpages and attempts to incite moral panics about games and gamers Medical professionals, researchers, and courts have all debunked these types of stereotypes and faulty research. In addition, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that "psychological studies purporting to show a connection between exposure to violent video games and harmful effects on children do not prove that such exposure causes minors to act aggressively." We should be past the point of having to defend video games' right to exist, but as long as organizations such as the U.N. keep dredging up bad research, we'l keep pointing out their mistakes This isn't the last time a politician, news outlet, or study will misrepresent video games and gamers. It is up to all of us to ensure that when these voices do emerge we expose them for what they are: uninformed and inaccurate The Video Game Voters Network is a place for American gamers to organize and defend against threats to video games just like this. We encourage you pledge your support and join us in these efforts videogamevoters.org/take-action/join-us

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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
Jalen Hutchinson Studied Culinary Science at Culinary Institute of America (Graduated 2014). Author has 304 answers and 740.1K answer views. 5y Not that I care that much either way, but it did expose a lot of corrupt game developers and game journalists. X Journalists would make claims of people like Anita Sarkeesian "playing video games all her life" when she openly admitted many times she is not a gamer and only starter recently (when it wasn't for an interview). Various developers trading sex or money for good reviews got exposed, journalists who accepted got exposed. People became a bit more critical about supporting a game just because the developer has a victim complex stating tat their game could have only failed because of sexism, instead of their own poor developing skills. What really sealed the deal was opposition often faking their own harassment. Anita sarkeesian and Zoe Quinn have been caught multiple times screenshotting "harassment" while showing that the harrasser's account name in the login. Or when someone called the police to help Sarkeesian against a "very real threat" she was posting about, only for police to find the harasser's messages were coming from her IP address. I just want honesty from the community, and the lies were mostly exposed by the "dreaded" gamergate. 1.3K views • View upvotes 26
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