vox pulls out of sxsw over gamergate panels

[ponyboy]

. @VoxDotCom Boycotts @SXSW Over Canceled #Gamergate Panels https://t.co/0jm4TQPSFw pic.twitter.com/NseBwLojPj
- TheWrap (@TheWrap) October 27, 2015

- following buzzfeed in protests over pulled anti-harassment panels being pulled
- “Harassment is an issue Vox Media takes extremely seriously. As a digital media company, our journalists often face online harassment and find themselves on the receiving end of threats. We support our staff when they encounter this kind of abuse while continuing to do the work that can result in it, and want to continue an open dialogue about how best to do so.

By approving the panels in question, SXSW assumed responsibility for related controversies and security threats. By canceling the panels, they have cut off an opportunity to discuss a real and urgent problem in media and technology today. [...] We will work to find an alternative forum for this conversation and invite others who feel the same to join us.”

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