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DongleGate: The Online Harassment Campaign Against Adria Richards

DongleGate: The Online Harassment Campaign Against Adria Richards

FromThere Are No Girls on the Internet


DongleGate: The Online Harassment Campaign Against Adria Richards

FromThere Are No Girls on the Internet

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Length:
52 minutes
Released:
Nov 2, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Most people recall GamerGate, but fewer are familiar with DongleGate, the coordinated online harassment campaign against a Black woman tech worker named Adria Richards that happened in 2013. Bridget charts the story of Adria Richards and why it still matters today.
The Hacker News post from the fired PlayHaven employee: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5398681
Amanda Blum's blog post about the fallout from DongleGate: https://amandablumwords.wordpress.com/2013/03/21/3/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Released:
Nov 2, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Marginalized voices have always been at the forefront of the internet, yet our stories often go overlooked. Bridget Todd chronicles our experiences online, and the ways marginalized voices have shaped the internet from the very beginning. We need monuments to all of the identities that make being online what it is. So let’s build them.