After receiving threats, SXSW cancels panel about online harassment
http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2015/10/after-receiving-threats-sxsw-cancels-panel-about-online-harassment/
As the March kickoff for the weeks-long 2016 South By
Southwest festival approaches, its disparate sections--music,
film, and interactive--have begun announcing confirmed panels,
speakers, and showcases. SXSW Interactive appeared prepared to
host a panel about the hot-button topic of online harassment and
abuse, but that plan changed on Monday when a festival director
officially announced that the panel, along with another
tangentially related panel, had been canceled due to allegations
of "numerous threats of on-site violence."
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This situation is INTOLERABLE.
--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein ([email protected]): http://www.vortex.com/lauren
Founder:
- Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org
- PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com/privacy-info
Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info
Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy
Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com
Google+: http://google.com/+LaurenWeinstein
Twitter: http://twitter.com/laurenweinstein
Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com
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