Crash Override Network
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| Founded | January 2015 |
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| Founders | Zoë Quinn, Alex Lifschitz |
| Website | www |
Crash Override Network is a pro bono[1] support group for victims of large scale online abuse, including revenge porn and doxing.[2][3][4][5] 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.[6][7] Quinn and Lifschitz are victims of online abuse in the Gamergate controversy, having both received death threats and doxing attacks.[8][9][10]
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."[10] The organisation's services are divided into three categories: ongoing assistance for victims, crisis centre support, and community outreach.[2][11] They provide post-crisis counselling services,[4] help seeking shelter,[11] 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[11] and works with law enforcement, the media, and social media.[11] They promise to help victims regardless of previous affiliations and ideology, including Gamergate supporters.[4]
An August 2016 leak of the group's internal chat logs suggested some members participated in doxing and harassment of Gamergate supporters.[12] Ian Miles Cheong says he was a member of the chat group and that the logs are genuine.[13]
The group helped defuse a swatting attack by helping the target pre-emptively contact the police.[6] 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.[14]
References
- ^ Alexander, Leigh (13 April 2016). "Online abuse: how women are fighting back". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
- ^ a b c Mlot, Stephanie (22 January 2015). "GamerGate Targets Launch Online Abuse Support Network". PC Magazine. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c Cosimano, Mike (27 January 2015). "Zoe Quinn founds anti-harassment network Crash Override". Destructoid. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
- ^ Cohen, Claire (21 January 2015). "#Gamergate: Victim of video games trolling launches anti-harrassment network". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
- ^ a b Hudson, Laura (20 January 2015). "Gamergate Target Zoe Quinn Launches Anti-Harassment Support Network". Wired. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
- ^ a b Morphy, Erika (22 January 2015). "Organized Community of Support". Technewsworld. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
- ^ Mendoza, Jessica (20 January 2015). "Online harassment targets strike back against abusers. Will it work?". The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
- ^ "Crash Override: a guide for handling a doxing". CBC.ca. 22 January 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
- ^ a b Martens, Todd (4 February 2015). "Crash Override offers relief from harassment in the gaming world". LA Times. LA Times. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Schow, Ashe (30 August 2016). "When the harassed become the harassers". Washington Examiner. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
- ^ https://heatst.com/tech/chat-logs-expose-crash-override-network-as-online-bullies/
- ^ Machkovech, Sam (20 May 2015). "GamerGate critic posts death threat voicemail after inaction by prosecutor". ArsTechnica. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
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