<description>&lt;p&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Gamergate&lt;/strong&gt; or &lt;strong&gt;GamerGate&lt;/strong&gt; (&lt;strong&gt;GG&lt;/strong&gt;)&lt;sup id="cite_ref-:16_1-0" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamergate_(harassment_campaign)#cite_note-:16-1"&gt;[1]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; was a loosely organized &lt;a class="mw-redirect" title= "Online misogyny" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_misogyny"&gt;misogynistic online harassment&lt;/a&gt; campaign and a &lt;a class="mw-redirect" title="Right-wing" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right-wing"&gt;right-wing&lt;/a&gt; backlash against &lt;a title="Feminism" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feminism"&gt;feminism&lt;/a&gt;, diversity, and &lt;a title="Progressivism" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressivism"&gt;progressivism&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a title="Video game culture" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_culture"&gt;video game culture&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamergate_(harassment_campaign)#cite_note-2"&gt;[2]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup id="cite_ref-:9_3-0" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamergate_(harassment_campaign)#cite_note-:9-3"&gt;[3]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup id="cite_ref-:10_4-0" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamergate_(harassment_campaign)#cite_note-:10-4"&gt;[4]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; It was conducted using the &lt;a title="Hashtag" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hashtag"&gt;hashtag&lt;/a&gt; "#Gamergate" primarily in 2014 and 2015.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-:16_1-1" class= "reference"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamergate_(harassment_campaign)#cite_note-:16-1"&gt;[1]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup id="cite_ref-:2_5-0" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamergate_(harassment_campaign)#cite_note-:2-5"&gt;[5]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup id="cite_ref-Learn_to_code_6-0" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamergate_(harassment_campaign)#cite_note-Learn_to_code-6"&gt;[6]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup id="cite_ref-VoxLessons_7-0" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamergate_(harassment_campaign)#cite_note-VoxLessons-7"&gt;[7]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; Gamergate targeted women in the &lt;a title="Video game industry" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_industry"&gt;video game industry&lt;/a&gt;, most notably feminist media critic &lt;a title= "Anita Sarkeesian" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anita_Sarkeesian"&gt;Anita Sarkeesian&lt;/a&gt; and video game developers &lt;a title= "Zoë Quinn" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zo%C3%AB_Quinn"&gt;Zoë Quinn&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a title="Brianna Wu" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brianna_Wu"&gt;Brianna Wu&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;sup id= "cite_ref-Murray_8-0" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamergate_(harassment_campaign)#cite_note-Murray-8"&gt;[8]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESalter201743–45_9-0" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamergate_(harassment_campaign)#cite_note-FOOTNOTESalter201743%E2%80%9345-9"&gt;[9]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup id="cite_ref-nytimes_usu_threat_10-0" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamergate_(harassment_campaign)#cite_note-nytimes_usu_threat-10"&gt;[10]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup id="cite_ref-WuBoston_11-0" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamergate_(harassment_campaign)#cite_note-WuBoston-11"&gt;[11]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup id="cite_ref-GlobeFeature_12-0" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamergate_(harassment_campaign)#cite_note-GlobeFeature-12"&gt;[12]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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Gamergate or GamerGate (GG)[1] was a loosely organized misogynistic online harassment campaign and a right-wing backlash against feminism, diversity, and progressivism in video game culture.[2][3][4] It was conducted using the hashtag "#Gamergate" primarily in 2014 and 2015.[1][5][6][7] Gamergate targeted women in the video game industry, most notably feminist media critic Anita Sarkeesian and video game developers Zoë Quinn and Brianna Wu.[8][9][10][11][12]