Don McGowan’s Post

I've mentioned On Here that I'm working on litigation about GamerGate. Here's a video from our client, who decided to chronicle the amount of harassment she receives on a daily basis from the Internet's worst people. Somewhat unsurprisingly, the first version of this video was taken down by YouTube because she didn't obscure the email address of the guy who was sending her consistent rape threats. Yes, YouTube, that's definitely "private" information. If ever you wondered whether YouTube profits from harassment, note that none of the videos where people are reveling in sending her rape threats has ever been taken down. About 15 months ago, when Alyssa wrote the article she mentions, she also asked where are the men who said last time that they would never stand for watching women be harassed. I said hey, I'm "men", and I don't even have a job to lose anymore. So I put out a series of tweets in which I referenced my years running Trust & Safety programs at my various employers, and how those programs are aimed to keep out assholes. This got so much rage from the Dork Web that Fox News wrote a hit piece about me. So I have 0.1% of understanding of what this must be like for her. Alyssa is going to make law, and that law will hopefully be the beginning of the turnaround of today's hate-filled Internet. Of course, it'll be extra hard to turn that ship around, now that it's the primary locus of support for the current US President. Even still, we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past. https://lnkd.in/ggB4sRn4