SXSW cancels panels and loses points with gamergate foes
Hugh Forrest Jon Shapley / Getty Images for SXSW Hugh Forrest, director of SXSW Interactive, seen in 2014, cited "numerous threats of on-site violence" in canceling two video game panels for the 2016...
View ArticleThis Congresswoman Is Calling On SXSW To Not Cancel Online Harassment Panel
Rep. Katherine M. Clark (D-Mass.) is joining the chorus of those asking media festival South by Southwest to reconsider its decision to cancel a panel on online harassment. It's "a problem that...
View ArticleSouth by Southwest gets bullied into canceling panels on bullying
In a move that deftly explains the definition of the Latin phrase "quod erat demonstrandum," the South by Southwest festival has announced it will be canceling two panels on bullying and harassment...
View ArticleSXSW under fire after removing harassment-focused panel
The South By Southwest Festival's decision to cancel an all-female panel about combating harassment in video gaming has quickly swirled into an online controversy. Many critics are calling for the...
View ArticleVox Media Pulls Out of SXSW After Panels on Gaming Called Off
Vox Media Inc., owner of digital outlets including The Verge and Curbed, pulled out of the South by Southwest...
View ArticleVox Boycotts SXSW Over Canceled ‘Gamergate’ Panels
Vox Media is following in Buzzfeed’s footsteps by threatening to boycott South By Southwest Interactive unless canceled gaming panels are reinstated. After organizers pulled two scheduled panels...
View ArticleBuzzFeed Withdraws From SXSW Over Canceled Gamergate Panels
A decision by South by Southwest to cancel two panels related to gaming and online harassment has led BuzzFeed, a major presence at the popular digital festival, to withdraw its presence from the...
View ArticleOnline media site BuzzFeed threatens to pull out of festival over cancelled...
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Popular online media site BuzzFeed says it may pull out of the SXSW Interactive festival held in Austin, Texas, after the festival cancelled two panels related to gaming and online...
View ArticleBuzzFeed, Vox threaten to pull out of SXSW over canceled panels
Two websites are threatening to withdraw from the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas, next year after organizers canceled two controversial panels dealing with online harassment. SXSW...
View ArticleBuzzFeed, Vox Media could pull out of SXSW over gamer panels
Popular online media companies BuzzFeed and Vox Media say they may pull out of the SXSW Interactive festival held in Austin, Texas, after the festival canceled two panels related to gaming and online...
View ArticleBuzzFeed could pull out of SXSW over gamer panels
NEW YORK (AP) — Popular online media site BuzzFeed says it may pull out of the SXSW Interactive festival held in Austin, Texas, after the festival canceled two panels related to gaming and online...
View ArticleBuzzFeed, Vox could pull out of SXSW over gamer panels
NEW YORK (AP) — Popular online media sites BuzzFeed and Vox say they may pull out of the SXSW Interactive festival held in Austin, Texas, after the festival canceled two panels related to gaming and...
View ArticleWendy Davis Calls SXSW Panel Cancellation 'Disturbing'
Wendy Davis, the former Texas state senator and Democratic gubernatorial candidate, has added her voice to those slamming South by Southwest for canceling two panels originally designed to address...
View ArticleMedia firms challenge SXSW on canceling gaming harassment sessions
By Jon Herskovitz AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Two major media firms threatened on Tuesday to pull out of South by Southwest (SXSW) after organizers of the major tech event in Austin canceled sessions...
View ArticleSXSW Considers Full-Day Harassment Event After BuzzFeed, Vox Boycott
South By Southwest Interactive is considering reversing course on its decision to cancel two panels focused on online harassment after BuzzFeed and Vox Media threatened to pull its speakers from the...
View ArticleSXSW considering 'all-day event on harassment' after pulling gaming panels
Festival has offered to reinstate one of the panels it cancelled after threats of violence and is reportedly considering an all-day event on the topic...
View ArticleUS festival SXSW reverses plan to cancel harassment forum
The South by Southwest festival reversed itself for the second time in a week Friday and announced it would hold a "summit" on harassment in the online gaming industry. The US festival earlier this...
View ArticleOrganizer Of Canceled SXSW Panel: We Were Told Our Security Concerns Were...
Earlier this week, SXSW Interactive, the popular annual tech festival held each March in Austin, announced it was canceling two schedule panels about gaming culture and online harassment. The move...
View ArticleSXSW reinstates canceled panels, plans day-long anti-harassment summit
SXSW reversed its decision Friday to cancel two gaming-related panels due to threats of violence — and then some — by announcing an "anti-online...
View Article'We Made A Mistake' Canceling Online Harassment Panels
Amid boycott threats from two major media outlets, the director of the South by Southwest Festival in Austin, Texas, acknowledged Friday that he made a mistake by caving to Internet trolls and...
View ArticleIn reversal, SXSW festival plans online harassment event
The SXSW Interactive festival said Friday that it was holding an "online harassment summit" after it was criticized for canceling two panels related to video games and online harassment. SXSW...
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