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'''Crash Override Network''' is a [[pro bono]]<ref name="Free of charge">{{cite web | url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/apr/13/online-abuse-how-women-are-fighting-back | title=Online abuse: how women are fighting back | publisher=The Guardian | date=2016-04-13 | accessdate=2016-04-13 | author=Alexander, Leigh}}</ref> support group for victims of large scale online abuse, including [[revenge porn]] and [[doxing]].<ref name="pc" /><ref name="telegraph" /><ref name="destructoid" /><ref name="Cohen" /> It was founded by game developers [[Zoë Quinn]] and Alex Lifschitz, and staffed by victims of online abuse whose identities are kept anonymous outside the group.<ref name="wired" /><ref name="tnw" /> Quinn and Lifschitz are victims of online abuse in the [[Gamergate controversy]], having both received death threats and doxing attacks.<ref name="csm" /><ref name="cbc" /><ref name=latimes20150204 />
'''Crash Override Network''' was a support group for victims of large scale online abuse, including [[revenge porn]] and [[doxing]].<ref name="Free of charge">{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/apr/13/online-abuse-how-women-are-fighting-back | title=Online abuse: how women are fighting back | work=The Guardian | location=London | date=13 April 2016 | access-date=13 April 2016 | author=Alexander, Leigh}}</ref><ref name="pc" /><ref name="telegraph" /><ref name="destructoid" /><ref name="Cohen" />


== History ==
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The founders of the organisation want it to be considered a conversation starter, a repository for addressing problems that others in and out of the gaming community "have long hoped would simply go away."<ref name=latimes20150204 /> The organisation's services are divided into three categories: ongoing assistance for victims, crisis centre support, and community outreach.<ref name=pc /><ref name="monitor" /> They provide post-crisis counselling services,<ref name=destructoid /> help seeking shelter,<ref name=monitor /> and access to experts in information security, [[White hat (computer security)|white hat hacking]], law enforcement, public relations and threat monitoring.<ref name=pc /><ref name=tnw /> The network tailors a unique plan of action for each victim<ref name=monitor /> and works with law enforcement, the media, and social media.<ref name=monitor /> They promise to help victims regardless of previous affiliations and ideology, including Gamergate supporters.<ref name=destructoid />
Crash Override was founded by game developers [[Zoë Quinn]] and Alex Lifschitz,<ref name="wired" /> and was staffed exclusively by victims of online abuse whose identities were kept anonymous outside the group.<ref name="tnw" /> Quinn and Lifschitz were subjected to online abuse during the [[Gamergate (harassment campaign)|Gamergate harassment campaign]], with both receiving death threats and being doxxed.<ref name="csm" /><ref name="cbc" /><ref name="latimes20150204" />


Crash Override formed a partnership with [[Feminist Frequency]] in March 2016, which served as its financial sponsor.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://feministfrequency.com/2016/03/03/feminist-frequency-and-crash-override-partnership/|title=Feminist Frequency and Crash Override Partnership|last=Sarkeesian|first=Anita|date=3 March 2016|website=Feminist Frequency|access-date=3 February 2017}}</ref>
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The group helped defuse a [[swatting]] attack by helping the target pre-emptively contact the police.<ref name=wired /> Quinn said the launch of Crash Override Network led to a renewed and heightened campaign of abuse, and the website underwent daily hack attempts.<ref name=telegraph /> In May 2015 the organisation became an official [[Twitter]] trusted safety resource.<ref name=ars20150520 />

From December 2016, Crash Override's hotline was closed.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.crashoverridenetwork.com/about.html|title=Crash Override Network // Who We Are And What We Do|website=www.crashoverridenetwork.com|access-date=2019-05-29}}</ref>
Some time in 2018, Crash Override closed fully, and "passed the torch to other organisations".<ref>{{cite web |title=Feminist Frequency Annual Report 2018 |url=https://femfreq2.files.wordpress.com/2019/01/2018femfreqannualreport-4.pdf |access-date=3 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702201348/https://femfreq2.files.wordpress.com/2019/01/2018femfreqannualreport-4.pdf |archive-date=July 2, 2019 |page=11 |quote=In 2018, the Crash Override team passed the torch to other groups devoted to supporting survivors of online abuse. |url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Mission ==
⚫
The founders of Crash Override consider it a conversation starter, a repository for addressing problems that others in and out of the gaming community "have long hoped would simply go away."<ref name=latimes20150204 /> The organisation's services are divided into three categories: ongoing assistance for victims, crisis centre support, and community outreach.<ref name=pc /><ref name="monitor" /> They provide post-crisis counseling services,<ref name=destructoid /> help seeking shelter,<ref name=monitor /> and access to experts in information security, [[White hat (computer security)|white hat hacking]], law enforcement, public relations and threat monitoring.<ref name=pc /><ref name=tnw /> The network tailors a unique plan of action for each victim<ref name=monitor /> and works with law enforcement, the media, and social media.<ref name=monitor /> They promise to help victims regardless of previous affiliations and ideology, including Gamergate supporters.<ref name=destructoid />

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The group has been credited with defusing a [[swatting]] attack by advising the target to preemptively contact the police.<ref name=wired /><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jan/13/gamergate-hits-new-low-with-attempts-to-send-swat-teams-to-critics | title=Gamergate hits new low with attempts to send SWAT teams to critics | work=The Guardian | location=London | date=13 January 2015 | access-date=26 September 2016 | author=Hern, Alex}}</ref> Quinn said the launch of Crash Override Network led to a renewed and heightened campaign of abuse, and the website underwent daily hack attempts.<ref name=telegraph /> In May 2015, the organisation became an official [[Twitter]] trusted safety resource.<ref name=ars20150520 />


==References==
==References==
{{reflist|2|refs=
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<ref name=pc>{{cite news|last1=Mlot|first1=Stephanie|title=GamerGate Targets Launch Online Abuse Support Network|url=http://au.pcmag.com/internet-products/27722/news/gamergate-targets-launch-online-abuse-support-netw|accessdate=1 February 2015|work=[[PC Magazine]]|date=22 January 2015|ref=pc}}</ref>
<ref name=pc>{{cite news|last1=Mlot|first1=Stephanie|title=GamerGate Targets Launch Online Abuse Support Network|url=http://au.pcmag.com/internet-products/27722/news/gamergate-targets-launch-online-abuse-support-netw|access-date=1 February 2015|work=[[PC Magazine]]|date=22 January 2015|ref=pc}}</ref>
<ref name=telegraph>{{cite news|last1=Sanghani|first1=Radhika|title=Zoe Quinn: '#Gamergate has ruined my life. But I won't quit'|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-life/11377748/Zoe-Quinn-Twitter-Gamergate-has-ruined-my-life.html|accessdate=1 February 2015|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=30 January 2015}}</ref>
<ref name=telegraph>{{cite news|last1=Sanghani|first1=Radhika|title=Zoe Quinn: '#Gamergate has ruined my life. But I won't quit'|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-life/11377748/Zoe-Quinn-Twitter-Gamergate-has-ruined-my-life.html|access-date=1 February 2015|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=30 January 2015}}</ref>
<ref name=destructoid>{{cite news|last=Cosimano|first=Mike|title=Zoe Quinn founds anti-harassment network Crash Override|url=http://www.destructoid.com/zo-quinn-founds-anti-harassment-network-crash-override-286719.phtml|accessdate=1 February 2015|work=[[Destructoid]]|date=27 January 2015}}</ref>
<ref name=destructoid>{{cite news|last=Cosimano|first=Mike|title=Zoe Quinn founds anti-harassment network Crash Override|url=http://www.destructoid.com/zo-quinn-founds-anti-harassment-network-crash-override-286719.phtml|access-date=1 February 2015|work=[[Destructoid]]|date=27 January 2015}}</ref>
<ref name=Cohen>{{cite news|last1=Cohen|first1=Claire|title=#Gamergate: Victim of video games trolling launches anti-harrassment network|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-life/11360204/Gamergate-Zoe-Quinn-launches-anti-harrassment-support-network.html|accessdate=1 February 2015|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=21 January 2015}}</ref>
<ref name=Cohen>{{cite news|last=Cohen|first=Claire|title=#Gamergate: Victim of video games trolling launches anti-harassment network|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-life/11360204/Gamergate-Zoe-Quinn-launches-anti-harrassment-support-network.html|access-date=1 February 2015|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=21 January 2015}}</ref>
<ref name=wired>{{cite news|last1=Hudson|first1=Laura|title=Gamergate Target Zoe Quinn Launches Anti-Harassment Support Network|url=http://www.wired.com/2015/01/gamergate-anti-harassment-network/|accessdate=1 February 2015|work=[[Wired (website)|Wired]]|date=20 January 2015}}</ref>
<ref name=wired>{{cite news|last1=Hudson|first1=Laura|title=Gamergate Target Zoe Quinn Launches Anti-Harassment Support Network|url=https://www.wired.com/2015/01/gamergate-anti-harassment-network/|access-date=1 February 2015|work=[[Wired (website)|Wired]]|date=20 January 2015}}</ref>
<ref name=tnw>{{cite news|last1=Morphy|first1=Erika|title=Organized Community of Support|url=http://www.technewsworld.com/story/81627.html|accessdate=1 February 2015|work=Technewsworld|date=22 January 2015}}</ref>
<ref name=tnw>{{cite news|last1=Morphy|first1=Erika|title=Organized Community of Support|url=http://www.technewsworld.com/story/81627.html|access-date=1 February 2015|work=Technewsworld|date=22 January 2015}}</ref>
<ref name=csm>{{cite news|last1=Mendoza|first1=Jessica|title=Online harassment targets strike back against abusers. Will it work?|url=http://www.csmonitor.com/Innovation/Tech-Culture/2015/0120/Online-harassment-targets-strike-back-against-abusers.-Will-it-work|accessdate=1 February 2015|work=[[The Christian Science Monitor]]|date=20 January 2015}}</ref>
<ref name=csm>{{cite news|last1=Mendoza|first1=Jessica|title=Online harassment targets strike back against abusers. Will it work?|url=http://www.csmonitor.com/Innovation/Tech-Culture/2015/0120/Online-harassment-targets-strike-back-against-abusers.-Will-it-work|access-date=1 February 2015|work=[[The Christian Science Monitor]]|date=20 January 2015}}</ref>
<ref name=cbc>{{cite news|author= <!-- Staff writer, no by-line --> |title=Crash Override: a guide for handling a doxing|url=http://www.cbc.ca/day6/blog/2015/01/22/crash-override-a-guide-for-handling-a-doxxing/|date=22 January 2015|accessdate=1 February 2015|work=[[CBC.ca]]}}</ref>
<ref name=cbc>{{cite news|author= <!-- Staff writer, no by-line --> |title=Crash Override: a guide for handling a doxing|url=http://www.cbc.ca/day6/blog/2015/01/22/crash-override-a-guide-for-handling-a-doxxing/|date=22 January 2015|access-date=1 February 2015|work=[[CBC.ca]]}}</ref>
<ref name=monitor>{{cite news|last1=Guerrero|first1=Agustin|title=Gamergate targets launch Crash Override Network to support online abuse victims|url=http://natmonitor.com/2015/01/21/gamergate-targets-launch-crash-override-network-to-support-online-abuse-victims/|work=National Monitor|accessdate=1 February 2015|date=21 January 2015}}</ref>
<ref name=monitor>{{cite news|last1=Guerrero|first1=Agustin|title=Gamergate targets launch Crash Override Network to support online abuse victims|url=http://natmonitor.com/2015/01/21/gamergate-targets-launch-crash-override-network-to-support-online-abuse-victims/|work=National Monitor|access-date=1 February 2015|date=21 January 2015}}</ref>
<ref name=latimes20150204>{{cite news|last1=Martens|first1=Todd|title=Crash Override offers relief from harassment in the gaming world|url=http://herocomplex.latimes.com/games/crash-override-offers-relief-from-harassment-in-the-gaming-world/|accessdate=4 February 2015|work=LA Times|publisher=LA Times|date=4 February 2015}}</ref>
<ref name=latimes20150204>{{cite news|last1=Martens|first1=Todd|title=Crash Override offers relief from harassment in the gaming world|url=http://herocomplex.latimes.com/games/crash-override-offers-relief-from-harassment-in-the-gaming-world/|access-date=4 February 2015|newspaper=LA Times|date=4 February 2015}}</ref>
<ref name=ars20150520>{{cite web |url=http://arstechnica.com/business/2015/05/gamergate-critic-posts-death-threat-voicemail-after-inaction-by-prosecutor/ |title=GamerGate critic posts death threat voicemail after inaction by prosecutor |last=Machkovech |first=Sam |work=[[ArsTechnica]] |date=20 May 2015 |accessdate=21 May 2015 }}</ref>
<ref name=ars20150520>{{cite web |url=https://arstechnica.com/business/2015/05/gamergate-critic-posts-death-threat-voicemail-after-inaction-by-prosecutor/ |title=GamerGate critic posts death threat voicemail after inaction by prosecutor |last=Machkovech |first=Sam |work=[[ArsTechnica]] |date=20 May 2015 |access-date=21 May 2015 }}</ref>
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<ref name="Heat Street">{{cite web|url=https://heatst.com/tech/chat-logs-expose-crash-override-network-as-online-bullies/|title=Chat Logs Expose Crash Override Network as Online Bullies|last=Cheong|first=Ian Miles|work=[[Heat Street]]|publisher=[[News Corp]]|date=26 August 2016|accessdate=10 September 2016}}</ref> -->
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Latest revision as of 03:06, 13 October 2024

Crash Override Network
FoundedJanuary 2015 (2015-January)
FoundersZoë Quinn, Alex Lifschitz
Dissolved2018
Websitewww.crashoverridenetwork.com

Crash Override Network was a support group for victims of large scale online abuse, including revenge porn and doxing.[1][2][3][4][5]

History

Crash Override was founded by game developers Zoë Quinn and Alex Lifschitz,[6] and was staffed exclusively by victims of online abuse whose identities were kept anonymous outside the group.[7] Quinn and Lifschitz were subjected to online abuse during the Gamergate harassment campaign, with both receiving death threats and being doxxed.[8][9][10]

Crash Override formed a partnership with Feminist Frequency in March 2016, which served as its financial sponsor.[11]

From December 2016, Crash Override's hotline was closed.[12] Some time in 2018, Crash Override closed fully, and "passed the torch to other organisations".[13]

Mission

The founders of Crash Override consider it a conversation starter, a repository for addressing problems that others in and out of the gaming community "have long hoped would simply go away."[10] The organisation's services are divided into three categories: ongoing assistance for victims, crisis centre support, and community outreach.[2][14] They provide post-crisis counseling services,[4] help seeking shelter,[14] and access to experts in information security, white hat hacking, law enforcement, public relations and threat monitoring.[2][7] The network tailors a unique plan of action for each victim[14] and works with law enforcement, the media, and social media.[14] They promise to help victims regardless of previous affiliations and ideology, including Gamergate supporters.[4]

The group has been credited with defusing a swatting attack by advising the target to preemptively contact the police.[6][15] Quinn said the launch of Crash Override Network led to a renewed and heightened campaign of abuse, and the website underwent daily hack attempts.[3] In May 2015, the organisation became an official Twitter trusted safety resource.[16]

References

  1. ^ Alexander, Leigh (13 April 2016). "Online abuse: how women are fighting back". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
  2. ^ a b c Mlot, Stephanie (22 January 2015). "GamerGate Targets Launch Online Abuse Support Network". PC Magazine. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  3. ^ a b Sanghani, Radhika (30 January 2015). "Zoe Quinn: '#Gamergate has ruined my life. But I won't quit'". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  4. ^ a b c Cosimano, Mike (27 January 2015). "Zoe Quinn founds anti-harassment network Crash Override". Destructoid. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  5. ^ Cohen, Claire (21 January 2015). "#Gamergate: Victim of video games trolling launches anti-harassment network". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  6. ^ a b Hudson, Laura (20 January 2015). "Gamergate Target Zoe Quinn Launches Anti-Harassment Support Network". Wired. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  7. ^ a b Morphy, Erika (22 January 2015). "Organized Community of Support". Technewsworld. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  8. ^ Mendoza, Jessica (20 January 2015). "Online harassment targets strike back against abusers. Will it work?". The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  9. ^ "Crash Override: a guide for handling a doxing". CBC.ca. 22 January 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  10. ^ a b Martens, Todd (4 February 2015). "Crash Override offers relief from harassment in the gaming world". LA Times. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
  11. ^ Sarkeesian, Anita (3 March 2016). "Feminist Frequency and Crash Override Partnership". Feminist Frequency. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  12. ^ "Crash Override Network // Who We Are And What We Do". www.crashoverridenetwork.com. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  13. ^ "Feminist Frequency Annual Report 2018" (PDF). p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 July 2019. Retrieved 3 November 2021. In 2018, the Crash Override team passed the torch to other groups devoted to supporting survivors of online abuse.
  14. ^ a b c d Guerrero, Agustin (21 January 2015). "Gamergate targets launch Crash Override Network to support online abuse victims". National Monitor. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  15. ^ Hern, Alex (13 January 2015). "Gamergate hits new low with attempts to send SWAT teams to critics". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
  16. ^ Machkovech, Sam (20 May 2015). "GamerGate critic posts death threat voicemail after inaction by prosecutor". ArsTechnica. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
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