Brianna Wu

I've spent a career working in tech as a software engineer. And I believe regulated markets are the best way to build and deliver innovative products.

Competition in the American tech sector is being gobbled up by the largest players, and it's threatening our entire industry.

Without competition, Silicon Valley will stop taking risks and will stop innovating.

The real question is whether or not the communities that rule the Internet can make their spaces safer for users, especially women and minorities.

Gamergate was the proto-alt right.

Justice for all does not apply when women use the Internet.

Prosecuting Gamergate is not about justice for me or the women of Giant Spacekat. It's about introducing consequences into the equation for men that treat harassing women like a game.

We need to introduce civil liability for companies that ship products with reckless security vulnerabilities.

The truth is, the sexist behaviour that really holds women in games back doesn't come from the moustache-twirling cartoon villains of Gamergate. It's the sexist hiring practices of our journalistic institutions. It's the consistently over-sexualised designs we see.

In some ways, the real damage of Gamergate is pushing the public's idea of sexism so far to the extreme, that changes in the professional sphere seem unimportant.

The public will forgive you almost anything if you're honest about it.

For any prosecutor, a decision to show leniency in sentencing must be weighed against multiple factors. Do they show remorse for their actions? Are they a threat to the public and law enforcement? Do they intend to contribute to society?