Gamergate was a test and the industry failed | Opinion

1 year 6 months ago

Last weekend, a man in San Francisco went into the home of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi with a hammer and attacked her husband Paul Pelosi while shouting, "Where's Nancy?"

According to The Independent, the suspect in the attack, David DePape, had been active on social media, sharing conspiracy theories about COVID-19, alleging the 2020 US presidential election had been stolen, and subscribing to QAnon beliefs and Holocaust denialism.

A post DePape made in August explained what radicalized him and started him down the rabbit hole of conspiracy theories.

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Brendan Sinclair