Anita Sarkeesian, other media critics have received threats for their comments. — -- For Anita Sarkeesian, having armed escorts at her speaking engagements is her new normal. So too is being ...

(CNN) — It’s not uncommon these days to hear the internet described as a hellscape. Hate speech proliferates in online spaces. Algorithms designed to maximize user engagement amplify divisive content ...

Back in August 2014, the misogynistic online campaign that became known as Gamergate was something that bubbled up in the anonymous, dark corners of the internet that only a select few even knew ...

Last weekend, a man in San Francisco went into the home of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi with a hammer and attacked her husband Paul Pelosi while shouting, "Where's Nancy?" According to The ...

One of the most unnerving aspects of billionaire Elon Musk's illegal rampage through the federal government is how stupid it is. To be sure, the more important issue is that it's reckless and evil.

Parler, the “censorship-free” social media platform extremists used to hype the Jan. 6 insurrection, is back after an almost one-year hiatus. Meanwhile, online trolls are targeting a video game ...

It's now been a decade since "Gamergate" unleashed a widespread harassment campaign directed at women in gaming and demonstrated the real-life ramifications of hate speech online. A loosely organised ...

On October 28, San Francisco police arrested a man for attacking Nancy Pelosi’s husband with a hammer. Now it’s been reported that he may have been inspired by the far-right movement Gamergate. David ...

“She’s not a perfect victim,” Mariska Hargitay says in Law and Order: SVU. Recent headlines say the same about Amber Heard. Heard said as much about herself. “But,” Hargitay says, “she is not making ...

Gamergate wasn’t the first instance of harassment in gaming communities, but it was the first time it reached that scale, Massanari wrote in her book. What was notable about Gamergate, she told CNN, ...