Dr. Rachel Kowert of Take This breaks down how extremist groups take advantage of the reluctance of some companies to stand up to online harassment.
  • A recent harassment campaign targeting narrative consultancy firm Sweet Baby Inc. has been met with silence by its partners.
  • This is despite the campaign’s organizers spreading misinformation about how their games were made.
  • Failing to speak up could fuel further threats and harassment, says Take This Research Director Dr. Rachel Kowert.
  • MolochAlter@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    7 months ago

    And the best/worst part about this is that the press refusing to acknowledge it proves the point that this is a clique covering for eachother, which will inevitably be amplified into a concerted conspiracy by their opposition, when really this is just yet another example of cronies covering for cronies and a smattering of true believer ideologues.