[Great Firewall] "Enmity and hostility everywhere, can the mob destroy the Internet?" ("It was a "Game Door" (Gamergate) event in 2014 that stimulated the non-mainstream right-wing movement.") (in Chinese)

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Network mob

Network mob (trolls) [1] to enjoy this freedom brought about by the network. The term originally referred to the thief on the Internet to attract phishing scams victims, then quickly turned into means hiding in the dark, threatening wicked others. Internet mob will self-categorization, claiming their actions in order to lead to "laughed fruit" (lulz). To "laughed fruit" they or spoof, or harassment, or threats of violence. They also issued "human" information (doxxing- publishing), such as social security numbers, bank account numbers; even play "wolf" (swatting) game called false police report, so that special police units stormed the victim home. If the victim can not agree with this point of laughing, they dismissed no sense of humor.

Network mob social media and comments area into a teen movie chaos dirty big dressing room, which is filled with racial remarks and discrimination against women male perspective.

The mob continued to expand the scope of activities

In 2011, for the recent death of their airborne Facebook memorial pages created by the user, take their dead joke. In 2012, feminists Anita Sarkeesian on Kickstarter launched a crowdfunding, ready to raise the production of a series of YouTube videos, video recording ancient game of discrimination against women. As a result, she received a bomb when arranging speech, human flesh, the threat of rape, was also made to her as the main character called "beat Anita Sarkeesian" game.

In June, after receiving a series of anti-Semitic message, "New York Times" deputy editor Jonathan Weisman closed his fans more than 35,000 people Twitter account. The end of July, because it was previously threatened to rape their own year-old daughter, feminist writer Jessica Valenti said it will leave the social media.

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The new culture war

In this new culture war, the focus is no longer confined against homosexuality, abortion, rap lyrics, drugs, and Christmas greeting manner. [7] range has been all-encompassing debate: video games, clothing advertising, and even a remake of a 1980s comedy general can lead to disputes.

July, because of the 2016 version of "Ghostbusters" (Ghostbusters) hired four lead actresses do grudges for a long time, the network mob on Twitter harassment African film co-stars Leslie Jones, with racial and gender discrimination He remarks on her threat; there are people attending the premiere of her a photograph poured semen, this picture has been widely disseminated.

Since harassment is too serious, Jones once considered close tweets. "I am a person to stay in the apartment, feel isolated," she said, "I looked at these slander, call me a gay, black, I just feel outnumbered and overwhelmed. Police find useful? They immediately got my mailbox, send me threatening letters, said to cut my head; how to deal with them niggas, I will deal with how they do it, not trying to express any point of view, is trying to scare you nothing. ".

Since participation Jones harassment, non-mainstream right-wing head of Milo Yiannopoulos pushed special permanent title. (Who is also the editor of the conservative news website Breitbart, the site's executive chairman Stephen Bannon appointed electoral operation Trump in August 17.) Twitter representation, Yiannopoulos criticism of the new version of "Ghostbusters" in tweets Leslie Jones called the "black stuff", and directing their more than 300,000 fans to harass them. Yiannopoulos denied the allegation, also expressed themselves as responsible for the behavior of the fans is very funny. In his view, Jones is in with a desperate measure to achieve political objectives. "She is a Hollywood blockbuster starring," Yiannopoulos said, "to do that step, no dot pattern can not do this thing to understand is nothing more than a political, shrewd star in an ulterior motive, the opportunity to host. Originally a successful career woman , feminism was correct people ended up guy, I'm sad for them. "

Yiannopoulos 31-year-old, British, gay, dyed white hair. He was in his "dangerous comrade" tour during a speech to university. He said that on the left we should not say anything, not to play any games pointing, provocation is a direct response to them. "Treason is a human instinct demands. We just want to contempt for authority, remain independent," he said, "when Trump may not on the president. I think I probably can not set up to establish a public image. But we can be more daring for others words for space, this is the work we are now one of the most important significance. There is not any network mob, just a bunch of people telling the truth nothing more. "

It is a "game Door" (Gamergate) event in 2014 to stimulate the non-mainstream right-wing movement. In that event, there are critics blame video games female discrimination and mob trying to make this sound driven out from their virtual territory where. "The beginning of the new millennium, the Internet culture and popular culture is serious isolated," BuzzFeed editor Internet news, podcast "Internet Explorer" United anchor Katie Notopoulos said, "This is a last-ditch handful of people who think the Internet is in respect of dark, terrible, they want to scare the public. their culture is in discussion boards vicious joke with each other, we have been refining a cheeky. they (in the network of violence) are trained."

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