SXSW Interactive changes tune, announces day-long Online Harassment Summit
http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2015/10/sxsw-interactive-changes-tune-announces-day-long-online-harassment-summit/
The SXSW Interactive 2016 festival began announcing
panels and discussions last week, but two of those--one
specifically about online harassment and abuse and one with
apparent ties to the GamerGate hashtag--were canceled on Monday
due to "threats of on-site violence." After a massive outcry
about the cancellations, which included threats from Buzzfeed
and Vox Media to pull their support from SXSW, that decision was
reversed on Friday--and then some. SXSW Interactive Director
Hugh Forrest posted an announcement that the two canceled panels
would not only return but be rolled into an all-day Online
Harassment Summit--which, at this point, includes 25 announced
speakers in all.
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Of course, what they're truly sorry about is the major sponsors who had
threatened to pull out after SXSW's cowardly and shameful original
decision.
--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
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