WEBVTT - Introducing: Internet Hate Machine

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<v Speaker 1>So if you were online, you're probably familiar with gamer Gate,

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<v Speaker 1>where a lot of men who were supposedly big mad

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<v Speaker 1>about quote ethics and video game journalism harassed women on

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<v Speaker 1>the internet. It was awful, and it rightly got a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of coverage from the tech press, But a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of people, even people who were very online, might not

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<v Speaker 1>know that it was black women who were attacked by

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<v Speaker 1>the very same people using the very same tactic as

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<v Speaker 1>gamer Gate years earlier. Only when those women spoke up

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<v Speaker 1>about it, the people with the power to do something

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<v Speaker 1>pretty much ignored them. And I'd also be willing to

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<v Speaker 1>bet that even less people know that the kinds of

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<v Speaker 1>online harassment and deceptive accounts that those women were reporting

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<v Speaker 1>would go on to be the very same tactics that

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<v Speaker 1>a twenty nineteen Senate inquiry confirmed were used by Russian

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<v Speaker 1>assets to disrupt the election. So there's a pretty clear

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<v Speaker 1>through line from ignoring black women when they speak up

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<v Speaker 1>about the harassment they face on the internet and pretty

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<v Speaker 1>important stuff like I don't know the security of our elections.

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<v Speaker 1>So what if someone with the power to do something

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<v Speaker 1>had just listened to black women when they reported what

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<v Speaker 1>was going on years earlier, I'm Bridget Todd, and I

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<v Speaker 1>make podcasts about the Internet, specifically the way that women,

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<v Speaker 1>people of color, LGBTQ, folks, and other marginalized identities show

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<v Speaker 1>up to do cool stuff on the Internet. But I

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<v Speaker 1>am sad the same that as true as it is

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<v Speaker 1>that traditionally marginalized people do a lot of the coolest

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<v Speaker 1>stuff online, it's also true that those same people are

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<v Speaker 1>targeted online and really scary ways, And when it happens,

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<v Speaker 1>it can feel like it just goes overlooked. We don't

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<v Speaker 1>really get the opportunity to learn from it or take

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<v Speaker 1>anything away from it, and as the Internet often does,

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<v Speaker 1>everyone just moves on. And I don't like that. So

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<v Speaker 1>on my new podcast, Internet Hate Machine, I'm trying to

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<v Speaker 1>right that wrong. We'll be telling the stories of women

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<v Speaker 1>who were harassed online, how it happened, why it happened,

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<v Speaker 1>and what it all means for the rest of us,

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<v Speaker 1>because these kinds of attacks threaten our democracy that keep

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<v Speaker 1>marginalized people from doing things like running for office or

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<v Speaker 1>just participating in civic and public life, and they threaten

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<v Speaker 1>our ability to have meaningful discourse and make any progress

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<v Speaker 1>on some of the big issues facing us today, and

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<v Speaker 1>What's worse, this kind of thing has been steadily creeping

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<v Speaker 1>from the computer screen into our wider political and social landscape.

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<v Speaker 1>On the new podcast Internet Hate Machine, I'll be charting

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<v Speaker 1>how the harassment and abuse of women and other traditionally

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<v Speaker 1>marginalized people online has led us to our current political

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<v Speaker 1>health scape and what we can do about it. Listen

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<v Speaker 1>to Internet Hate Machines starting on October twenty six on

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<v Speaker 1>the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you

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<v Speaker 1>get your podcasts.