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A new hotline helps gamers with harassment and bullying
Marketplace Tech
English - August 03, 2020 10:21 - 8 minutes - 11.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 1.2K ratingsTechnology Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Video games have become a huge release for lots of people, especially the many who are entering their sixth month of some sort of coronavirus lockdown. Sales of video games are up 26% from a year ago. But online harassment has been a problem in gaming for years, and in June, dozens of women accused streamers — people who broadcast their gaming on Twitch or YouTube — of sexual harassment, abuse or assault. Now, a longtime video game activist is launching a hotline for people who play games or work in the games industry to get support. Molly speaks with Anita Sarkeesian, the executive director of the nonprofit media site Feminist Frequency.