Ottawa announces funding to study links to 'violent extremism' in video games
The federal government announced Wednesday funding of more than $300,000 to examine how gaming communities can potentially create environments conducive to radicalization and violent extremism.
Wow, already on that grift to find 'extremist gamers'
What no more suicide victims to rob?
These losers are gonna see one N word in chat and think the whole game is full of “extremists”
Curious how they would define an “extremist” anyway. Surely it would be accurate and unbiased?
The RCMP released a report this week labeling anyone 35 & under a potential extremist because they've figured out the system is rigged and they'll never own a home.
I saw a chart in a video that suggested that bachelorhood, the "manosphere" and the red pill was a conveyor belt to extremism in gaming. My eyes rolled when I saw it.
Meanwhile the Autism -> Troon train is not only not opposed, but championed by many of these same groups.
People who aren't interested in their totes-amazeballs new virtual utopia.
I've seen a stream clip where a person was literally shaking and figuratively being genocided because someone said "idiot" online. Notably, not to them. Just the usage of the word in a vaccuum, a "you'd have to be an idiot to do..." hypothetical statement. Extremist violence, clearly.
Sounds like once they were found out vis a vis the sweet baby inc controversy, they have found their next grift.
So they paid $300,000 to make up a link between the two. Sounds really cheap tbh.
It’s probably starting out. They’ll release a report saying they couldn’t find a link but for more money, they can look again. Rinse and repeat.
Academics can ALWAYS find a link via p-hacking.
None of their data is actually reproducible. But it always fits with the narrative.
First the FBI says they're investigating extremism in gaming, then the Canadian government days later. What are they really up to? Why the sudden concern about gamers?
Gamers have been dead for 10 years now. They worry about a once-per-decade zombie apocalypse, clearly.
Totalitarian govts fear what they can't control. The fact guys are relaxing and playing vidya instead of being lectured to about diversity and anti-whiteness is problematic
Anywhere people can get together to discuss what's happening is being targeted.
Gamers are a nice safe group to vilify. The left thinks were sexist racist istist monsters, the right cant contain their contempt even as they wheedle votes from us and the law knows we don't shoot at them for real.
They have a point, I have begun mass killing bugs since I got Helldivers 2
Robots are feeling unloved.
So yeah, already picking up the tab for gamergate2. Feels pretty shit truth be told.
How about doing something about car theft or something real?
Money laundering; The Musical!
The result of trying to find a problem that you said existed for decades.
They'll find nothing, or the tiniest little hint of it when someone flips out and says something hate filled.
Then it'll be everyone's fault, and they'll pass that blame on like we all said something horrible.
Maybe they should look into the correlation of journalists and their buddies in 'consulting' for games, and look at all the hatred there. That should be studied as exhibit A in what not to do.