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Crash Override
- How Gamergate (Nearly) Destroyed My Life, and How We Can Win the Fight Against Online Hate
- Narrated by: Zoë Quinn
- Length: 7 hrs and 9 mins
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Summary
Hugo Award (Best Related Work) nominee, 2018
You've heard the stories about the dark side of the internet—hackers, #gamergate, anonymous mobs attacking an unlucky victim, and revenge porn—but they remain just that: Stories. Surely these things would never happen to you.
Zoe Quinn used to feel the same way. She is a video game developer whose ex-boyfriend published a crazed blog post cobbled together from private information, half-truths, and outright fictions, along with a rallying cry to the online hordes to go after her. They answered in the form of a so-called movement known as #gamergate—they hacked her accounts; stole nude photos of her; harassed her family, friends, and colleagues; and threatened to rape and murder her. But instead of shrinking into silence as the online mobs wanted her to, she raised her voice and spoke out against this vicious online culture and for making the internet a safer place for everyone.
In the years since #gamergate, Quinn has helped thousands of people with her advocacy and online-abuse crisis resource Crash Override Network. From locking down victims' personal accounts to working with tech companies and lawmakers to inform policy, she has firsthand knowledge about every angle of online abuse, what powerful institutions are (and aren't) doing about it, and how we can protect our digital spaces and selves.
Crash Override offers an up-close look inside the controversy, threats, and social and cultural battles that started in the far corners of the internet and have since permeated our online lives. Through her story—as target and as activist—Quinn provides a human look at the ways the internet impacts our lives and culture, along with practical advice for keeping yourself and others safe online.
Critic reviews
"A worthwhile read for anyone interested in taking action against the realities—and devastating effects—of extreme Internet trolling...an informative and inspiring book." (Kirkus Reviews)
"I tore through this book. Zoe Quinn doesn't just present a clear-eyed examination of the Internet's endemic sickness (though she does that beautifully), she contextualizes her personal nightmare within our current national one. It's a gripping read with historical merit." (Lindy West, author of Shrill)
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- Royston
- 08-06-23
A short worth a lisyen
What a scary story. The level of online abuse and the type is appalling. The ability to send messages anonymously is criminal and should be outlawed. As for the authorities response, they are stuck in the 18th century regarding their understanding of the internet.
Congratulations on surviving and creating an organisation to support victims, fight back and educate the legal profession.
Thanks for writing it up.
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- Anonymous User
- 25-01-21
An excellent account of Gamergate.
Zoe Quinn gives an excellent well balanced account of what happened during Gamergate. Offering mostly her story, well told, but also a larger picture. The later sections of the book on the broader dangers of online harassment and what we can do to combat it were well thought out and explained.
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- Sam Gregge
- 17-06-18
Great listen, highly recommended.
A heartfelt, well written and well read account of a series of god awful things. Providing a lot of insight not only about gamergate but many of the systems and apathy regarding those systems still in place and affecting the world today. A must read for anyone who spends any amount of time on the internet. It's also a story of hope to, perserverance and the type of strength that never looks like strength from the inside. Give it a go.
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- K8-bit
- 01-07-18
Harrowing account
Wanted to hear this for some time. Excellent, if harrowing listen. I thought I knew Zoe's story, but it was worse than I realized. Really good book for people with interest in videogames, feminism, activism, and pushing back against online abuse and misogyny.
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