GamerGate

GamerGate is a controversy involving gaming, journalism, and political correctness. It started in August 2014 with a long blog post written by Zoë Quinn's former boyfriend, that made disparaging comments on her. This eventually led to people accusing Quinn of trying to get positive media coverage by dating journalists. This sparked a consumer revolt under the hashtag "Gamergate". Prominent gaming news websites became censoring and attempting to silence talk about #Gamergate. The hashtag suffered infiltration from various 3rd party trolls which were attempting to rouse both sides. Several infamous internet feminists such as Anita Sarkessian and Brianna Wu labeled it as a movement trying to force women out of gaming, and attempted to profit from the debacle.

Ultimately several websites changed their ethics policies and the mainstream media condemned #Gamergate for its supposed harassment.