#takebackthetech may be a new hashtag, but the community behind it, along with other feminist communities, have been gamergate targets over the past couple of months.
On Oct 9, 2015, at 12:00 PM, Zara Rahman <zara@cihr.eu> wrote:
Hi Gilad,
I was writing about trolling the #takebackthetech community specifically, and this is new, according to key members of that community. They emailed earlier today to say it started today.
Best,
Zara
On 09/10/2015 17:57, Gilad Lotan wrote:
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... <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 < <mailto:zara@cihr.eu>zara@cihr.eu <mailto:zara@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 <https://twitter.com/hashtag/TakeBackTheTech?src=hash>>.
For reference: https://www.takebackthetech.net/ <https://www.takebackthetech.net/> https://www.apc.org/en/about/programmes/womens-networking-support-programme-... <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 <http://zararah.net/> | Twitter: @zararah
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