[IGFmaglist] Online attack launched against work of BPF countering online abuse and violence

Tue Oct 13 03:25:09 EDT 2015

Sorry Jac for the events that your coordinated BPF was confronted during the past weekend. It is not acceptable.

Thinking on the possible reaction, I would be willing to listen opinion of MAG members. Another blog of the Chair of a formal communication to be placed on the IGF website are two things that come to my mind.

Look forward to suggestions

JK

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From: Jac sm Kee
Sent: ‎Tuesday‎, ‎October‎ ‎13‎, ‎2015 ‎12‎:‎41‎ ‎AM
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Dear MAG members,

As some of you may be aware of, an online attack was launched against
a Twitter conversation that the BPF on countering online abuse and
violence against women was planning, on Friday, 9 October. The attacks
seem to come from persons affiliated to the #GamerGate hashtag, and
centred on the premise that this is yet another attempt of the UN to
"control and censor the internet". The attack is still on-going, and
has now extended to IGF's BPF platform where the draft document is
being hosted for public comments. If you view the comments, you can
get a sense of the motivations.

A video was also created as "proof" of the UN's attempt to censor the
internet, which basically misrepresents the transparency and openness
of the BPF process as a vulnerability that was exploited. We have
reasons to believe that the instigator, or at least one of them,
participated in the last BPF planning meeting and has subscribed to
the mailing list.

Since Friday, more than 20,000 tweets that contains abusive,
anti-feminist, violent and sexist content have been targetted at the
hashtag. The conversation's hashtag, #TakeBacktheTech - which was used
as an effort to engage the broader Twitter community already aware of
and working on the topic of online abuse and VAW - is associated with
a campaign that APC has run since 2006 on the issue. As such, APC is
also a subject of the attack. It appears to be a campaign of
misinformation and intimidation. The volunteer who coordinated the
Twitter conversation received several threatening personal emails.

This clearly has an impact on the continued work of the BPF, and we
would appreciate a discussion around how to move forward on this.

Best,
jac

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Jac sm Kee
Manager, Women's Rights Programme
Association for Progressive Communications
www.apc.org | www.takebackthetech.net | erotics.apc.org
Jitsi: jacsmk | Skype: jacsmk | Twitter: @jhybe
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