SXSW adds Online Harassment Summit after canceling panels due to threats
Earlier this week Austin-based music, film and interactive media festival SXSW cancelled two panels after receiving a slew of online threats of violence. One panel was about how to overcome online harassment in gaming, while the other was focused on the "integrity of gaming's journalists". Now, SWSW oranisers have admitted to being overly hasty in canceling these panels and have instead not only reinstated them, but added a whole day-long Online Harassment Summit to focus specifically on how to deal with threats like the ones the festival organisers and speakers received.
SXSW interactive director Hugh Forrest offered the following update on the matter:
"Earlier this week we made a mistake. By canceling two sessions we sent an unintended message that SXSW not only tolerates online harassment but condones it, and for that we are truly sorry.
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