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This Is Not a Game: How SXSW Turned GamerGate Abuse Into a Spectator Sport

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Citing ‘violent threats,’ SXSW canceled a panel about harassment in games, as well as a pro-GamerGate panel that cropped up as a counterpunch. But the story is much stranger than that.

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