Crash Override Network

Crash Override Network
Founded January 2015 (2015-January)
Founders Zoë Quinn, Alex Lifschitz
Website www.crashoverridenetwork.com

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]

They have 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.[12]

References

  1. ↑ Alexander, Leigh (2016-04-13). "Online abuse: how women are fighting back". The Guardian. Retrieved 2016-04-13.
  2. 1 2 3 Mlot, Stephanie (22 January 2015). "GamerGate Targets Launch Online Abuse Support Network". PC Magazine. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  3. 1 2 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. 1 2 3 "Zoe Quinn founds anti-harassment network Crash Override". Destructoid. 27 January 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  5. ↑ Cohen, Claire (21 January 2015). "#Gamergate: Victim of video games trolling launches anti-harrassment network". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  6. 1 2 Hudson, Laura (20 January 2015). "Gamergate Target Zoe Quinn Launches Anti-Harassment Support Network". Wired. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  7. 1 2 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. 1 2 Martens, Todd (4 February 2015). "Crash Override offers relief from harassment in the gaming world". LA Times (LA Times). Retrieved 4 February 2015.
  11. 1 2 3 4 Guerrero, Agustin (21 January 2015). "Gamergate targets launch Crash Override Network to support online abuse victims". National Monitor. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  12. ↑ Machkovech, Sam (20 May 2015). "GamerGate critic posts death threat voicemail after inaction by prosecutor". ArsTechnica. Retrieved 21 May 2015.

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