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Gamergate

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See also: gamergate

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From gamer + -gate.

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Gamergate

  1. A controversy that started in 2014, and happened primarily online, around issues of sexism and progressivism in video game culture and harassment of women in the video game industry.
    • 2025 March 23, Harmeet Kaur, “How Gamergate foreshadowed the toxic hellscape that the internet has now become”, in CNN:
      Those who experienced the harassment firsthand warned that if not taken seriously, the behaviors underlying Gamergate would fester.

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