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** Apigee's head of developer relations [[Shanley Kane]] co-founded [[Model View Culture]].
 
** Apigee's head of developer relations [[Shanley Kane]] co-founded [[Model View Culture]].
 
* [[Kate Edwards]], Microsoft's first Geopolitical Strategist, was head of the [[International Game Developers Association]] and was among the people following [[OpGamergate]].
 
* [[Kate Edwards]], Microsoft's first Geopolitical Strategist, was head of the [[International Game Developers Association]] and was among the people following [[OpGamergate]].
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* [[Suhail Khan]], Microsoft Director of External Affairs, was an attorney at  [[WilmerHale]] and a board member of [[Voto Latino]].
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* [[Suhail Khan]], Microsoft Director of External Affairs, is affiliated with Voto Latino.<ref name="khan_voto" />
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** [[WilmerHale]] provided a team of three attorneys for [[Zoe Quinn]]'s lawsuit against [[Eron Gjoni]].
 
 
** Khan was recruited by [[Fred Humphries]], Microsoft’s vice president of U.S. government affairs<ref name="khan_humphries" />
 
** Khan was recruited by [[Fred Humphries]], Microsoft’s vice president of U.S. government affairs<ref name="khan_humphries" />
 
** Khan's father Mahboob Khan co-founded the [[Islamic Society of North America]].
 
** Khan's father Mahboob Khan co-founded the [[Islamic Society of North America]].
 
* [[Sue Bohle]], Microsoft's first PR agent, planted [[Nick Wingfield]]'s New York Times article "Feminist Critics of Video Games Facing Threats in GamerGate Campaign" featuring [[Anita Sarkeesian]]  
 
* [[Sue Bohle]], Microsoft's first PR agent, planted [[Nick Wingfield]]'s New York Times article "Feminist Critics of Video Games Facing Threats in GamerGate Campaign" featuring [[Anita Sarkeesian]]  
 
** The Bohle Company manages the [[Game Developers Conference]], [[Penny Arcade Expo]], and [[Serious Games Association]]
 
** The Bohle Company manages the [[Game Developers Conference]], [[Penny Arcade Expo]], and [[Serious Games Association]]
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[[William Neukom]], Microsoft's lead attorney from 1978 to 2002, is on the boards of  
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* [[Akhtar Badshah]], Microsoft's senior director of community affairs worldwide, is vice-chair of the [[Council on Foundations]], is an invited external expert to the UN Broadband Commission's [[bbandgender]] list, is on the advisory council of the [[Grameen Foundation]] of [[Muhammad Yunus]], is a member of the [[Foundation for a Digital UN]] that launched at the 2012 UN Social Innovation Summit, and serves on the Advisory Board for the Development Gateway Project of the [[World Bank]].
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the [[Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences]] at [[Stanford University]], the Dean's Council at [[Stanford Law School]], the [[World Justice Project]], the [[Pacific Council on International Policy]]
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* [[William Neukom]], Microsoft's lead attorney from 1978 to 2002, is on the boards of the [[Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences]] at [[Stanford University]], the Dean's Council at [[Stanford Law School]], the [[World Justice Project]], the [[Pacific Council on International Policy]]
 
* [[Microsoft Research]] hosted the [[2012 Social Computing Symposium]] at [[Fuse Labs]] whose attendees included [[Anil Dash]], [[Clive Shirky]], [[Del Harvey]], [[Joi Ito]], [[Katie Salen]], and representatives of [[USC Annenberg]], [[Betaworks]], [[Awesome Foundation]], an [[Global Voices]].   
 
* [[Microsoft Research]] hosted the [[2012 Social Computing Symposium]] at [[Fuse Labs]] whose attendees included [[Anil Dash]], [[Clive Shirky]], [[Del Harvey]], [[Joi Ito]], [[Katie Salen]], and representatives of [[USC Annenberg]], [[Betaworks]], [[Awesome Foundation]], an [[Global Voices]].   
 
* [[danah boyd]] of Microsoft Research is affiliated with the [[Kinder and Braver World Project]] / Born This Way Foundation which is affiliated with the [[MacArthur Foundation]], [[Berkman Center]], [[California Endowment]], [[Blue State Digital]], [[WME Foundation]], and [[Proskauer Rose]]
 
* [[danah boyd]] of Microsoft Research is affiliated with the [[Kinder and Braver World Project]] / Born This Way Foundation which is affiliated with the [[MacArthur Foundation]], [[Berkman Center]], [[California Endowment]], [[Blue State Digital]], [[WME Foundation]], and [[Proskauer Rose]]
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== Microsoft and Gamergate figures ==  
 
== Microsoft and Gamergate figures ==  
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* [[John Doerr]], [[Sheryl Sandberg]], [[Mo Ibrahim]], [[Larry Summers]], [[Morton Halperin]], and others through [[One.org]] whose board includes [[Mark Suzman]], chief strategy officer of the Gates Foundation
 
* [[John Doerr]], [[Sheryl Sandberg]], [[Mo Ibrahim]], [[Larry Summers]], [[Morton Halperin]], and others through [[One.org]] whose board includes [[Mark Suzman]], chief strategy officer of the Gates Foundation
 
** [[Joseph Cerrell]], Global Managing Director of the Gates Foundation, is a board member of One.org
 
** [[Joseph Cerrell]], Global Managing Director of the Gates Foundation, is a board member of One.org
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** [[Warren Buffett]] is a Gates Foundation board member
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* [[Warren Buffett]] is a Gates Foundation board member
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** [[Connie Collingsworth]] is on the boards of [[Women's World Banking]] and the [[Gates Foundation]]
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* [[Connie Collingsworth]] is on the boards of [[Women's World Banking]] and the [[Gates Foundation]]
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** [[Mimi Ito]] of [[DMLHub]] through [[Carina Wong]], head of education investing for the Gates Foundation  
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* [[Mimi Ito]] of [[DMLHub]] through [[Carina Wong]], head of education investing for the Gates Foundation  
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** [[The Institute of Play]], whose board includes [[Steven Masur]] of [[Industrial and Technology Assistance Corporation]], [[Robert Gehorsam]] of Sony, Viacom, and CBS, [[Eric Zimmerman]], and [[Katie Salen]], funded by Carina Wong
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* [[The Institute of Play]], whose board includes [[Steven Masur]] of [[Industrial and Technology Assistance Corporation]], [[Robert Gehorsam]] of Sony, Viacom, and CBS, [[Eric Zimmerman]], and [[Katie Salen]], funded by Carina Wong
 
** The Institute of Play is hosted at Parsons, the New School<ref name="iop_parsons"/> formerly known as the [[Frankfurt School]]  
 
** The Institute of Play is hosted at Parsons, the New School<ref name="iop_parsons"/> formerly known as the [[Frankfurt School]]  
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** The [[UN Broadband Commission]] through [[Jessica Dorr]] of the Gates Foundation  
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* The [[UN Broadband Commission]] through [[Jessica Dorr]] of the Gates Foundation  
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** [[Milo Yiannopolous]] through [[Young Rewired State]] and the [[Indigo Trust]]
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* [[Milo Yiannopolous]] through [[Young Rewired State]] and the [[Indigo Trust]]
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** [[Transgender]] through [[Surita Sandosham]] and [[Stefano Fabeni]] of [[The Heartland Alliance]] and [[Synergos]].  
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* [[Transgender]] through [[Surita Sandosham]] and [[Stefano Fabeni]] of [[The Heartland Alliance]] and [[Synergos]].  
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** [[David Washington]] of the [[White House Office of Public Engagement]] and [[California Endowment]], interim CEO of the Gates Foundation
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* [[David Washington]] of the [[White House Office of Public Engagement]] and [[California Endowment]], interim CEO of the Gates Foundation
 
* [[Katelyn Sabochik]], senior communications officer at the Gates Foundation, was Director of New Media at the U.S. Department of Interior, joined White House New Media team in 2010, senior strategist at [[Blue State Digital]], Political Online Communications Coordinator at [[AFL-CIO]], and is affiliated with the [[New Organizing Institute]].
 
* [[Katelyn Sabochik]], senior communications officer at the Gates Foundation, was Director of New Media at the U.S. Department of Interior, joined White House New Media team in 2010, senior strategist at [[Blue State Digital]], Political Online Communications Coordinator at [[AFL-CIO]], and is affiliated with the [[New Organizing Institute]].
 
* [[Susan Desmond-Hellman]], CEO of the Gates Foundation, is [[UC San Francisco]] chancellor and a board member of Facebook
 
* [[Susan Desmond-Hellman]], CEO of the Gates Foundation, is [[UC San Francisco]] chancellor and a board member of Facebook
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<ref name="khan_humphries">Catherine Ho, New public affairs director for Microsoft, The Washington Post, https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/capitalbusiness/new-public-affairs-director-for-microsoft/2011/06/23/AGlkg9lH_story.html https://archive.is/S3nC9</ref>
 
<ref name="khan_humphries">Catherine Ho, New public affairs director for Microsoft, The Washington Post, https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/capitalbusiness/new-public-affairs-director-for-microsoft/2011/06/23/AGlkg9lH_story.html https://archive.is/S3nC9</ref>
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<ref name="khan_voto">VL Power Summit 2015, Voto Latino, http://votolatino.org/event/vl-power-summit-2015/ https://archive.is/XxPBf</ref>
  
 
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Latest revision as of 16:49, 22 December 2020

Key people

Microsoft and Gamergate figures

Microsoft and Phil Fish

The Creative/Production team of Microsoft's Execution Labs included Phil Fish, Eric Zimmerman, Jonathan Blow, Heather Kelley, and Mare Sheppard. [5]

The Mentors team of Execution Labs included Ed Fries and Sue Bohle of Microsoft and Rami Ismail of Vlambeer.[6]

Microsoft and Anita Sarkeesian

According to the Washington Post: [7]

Edwards has been a vocal supporter of Sarkeesian and of the two other women who've been threatened the most, developers Zoe Quinn and Brianna Wu.

Microsoft and Randi Harper

Microsoft search engine Bing incorporated GGAutoblocker, filtering out Kentucky Fried Chicken from its search results.[8]

Microsoft and Brianna Wu

Brianna Wu visited Microsoft headquarters and announced a partnership with Microsoft within days of becoming involved in Gamergate.

  • July 1, 2014 "I have contacts at Microsoft" [9]
  • September 16, 2014 "We're currently working with Microsoft looking at other venues." [10]
  • September 30, 2014 "Microsoft HQ is pretty posh." [11]
  • October 9, 2014 " my company is in the middle of a partnership with MS" [12]

Wu began receiving harassing tweets from "chatterwhiteman" within days of announcing the partnership with Microsoft.

The Gates Foundation

The Gates Foundation is affiliated with:

The Gates Foundation controls the Global Good Fund and the Greenbriar Equity Fund.

References

  1. ↑ Breakthrough Energy Coalition, http://www.breakthroughenergycoalition.com/en/who.html https://archive.is/e7uS9
  2. ↑ Robert Frank, Top Billionaires Hold Secret Meeting, Wall Street Journal, May 20 2009 https://blogs.wsj.com/wealth/2009/05/26/billionaires-try-to-shrink-worlds-population-report-says/ http://archive.fo/Q0whh
  3. ↑ VL Power Summit 2015, Voto Latino, http://votolatino.org/event/vl-power-summit-2015/ https://archive.is/XxPBf
  4. ↑ Catherine Ho, New public affairs director for Microsoft, The Washington Post, https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/capitalbusiness/new-public-affairs-director-for-microsoft/2011/06/23/AGlkg9lH_story.html https://archive.is/S3nC9
  5. ↑ Mentors / Creative, Execution Labs, http://executionlabs.com/mentors#creative https://archive.is/x4Odn
  6. ↑ Mentors, Execution Labs, https://web.archive.org/web/20131101210115/http://executionlabs.com/fr/mentors
  7. ↑ Hayley Tsukayama, Gamergate 'personal attacks and threats have to stop', say E3 organisers, Washington Post, Thursday 16 October 2014, https://archive.today/sPDQc
  8. ↑ @nomineeforall, Hey @Bing - Care to explain what the @kfc Colonel did wrong? #GamerGate, 8 Dec 2014, https://twitter.com/nomineeforfail/status/541968578300633088 https://archive.is/W9u6d
  9. ↑ Brianna Wu, @simon_lindsell it's not impossible. I have contacts at Microsoft, and we're thinking about it., 1:25 PM - 1 Jul 2014, https://twitter.com/Spacekatgal/status/484070237416206336 https://archive.is/wGm2i
  10. ↑ Brianna Wu, We're currently working with Microsoft looking at other venues. Stay tuned. @breakthesystem, 5:58 AM - 16 Sep 2014, https://twitter.com/Spacekatgal/status/511861607195242496 https://archive.is/AZuSH
  11. ↑ Brianna Wu, Have to be honest. Microsoft HQ is pretty posh., 12:31 PM - 30 Sep 2014, https://twitter.com/Spacekatgal/status/517033947403153409 https://archive.is/Ph1X3
  12. ↑ Brianna Wu, @rockmedia @bayareadivorce @njlitigator I think my company is in the middle of a partnership with MS, so I feel like I can't really voice., 3:56 PM - 9 Oct 2014, https://twitter.com/Spacekatgal/status/520347005185687553 https://archive.is/vrHhM
  13. ↑ International Crisis Group, Sourcewatch http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/International_Crisis_Group https://archive.is/ixZuM
  14. ↑ Quest to Learn, Inside Schools, https://web.archive.org/web/20150316145119/http://insideschools.org/component/schools/school/1622
  15. ↑ http://www.crisismagazine.com/2013/the-ambitions-of-bill-and-melinda-gates-controlling-population-and-public-education
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