The Games and Online Harassment Hotline is no longer operating our hotline services as of October 1st, 2023. We are so honored to have been able to support so many people in our community during our over 3 years of operation. I’m sorry that we can’t offer you that same real-time support right now.

Our recommendations on where to get help:

• If someone is threatening you with your intimate images or videos, read our Responding to Blackmail guide and check out CCRI’s Safety Guide and Helpline.
• If you are an activist, journalist, human rights defender, or similar facing online harassment and threats, reach out to Vita Activa or the Digital Access Now helpline.
• For others facing online harassment, some comprehensive and thorough resources on how to protect your online accounts, document threats, and take care of yourself include our Games Hotline Digital Safety Guide, the Online Harassment Field Manual by PEN America, the checklists from Online SOS, and the Digital First Aid Kit.
• If you’ve been cancelled or called out, ReSpec, our accountability space for people who have caused harm, will continue to run even after the close of the Games Hotline. It will still be led by our Hotline Director, Jae Lin, offering nonjudgmental and compassionate support around changing harmful behaviors and committing to an accountable path forward.
• If you are thinking about killing yourself, you can Find a Helpline in your country. If you are trans in the USA or Canada, Trans Lifeline is a peer support phone service that won’t call the police, ever. If you are LGBTQ+ and under the age of 25 in the USA, the Trevor Project has many helplines and resources.
• If you are struggling with your mental health, community, family, or interpersonal conflicts and abuse, workplace burnout or hostility, or another challenging life circumstance, look at the Take This Resource list for a variety of options. They also have a list of clinicians who have at least some awareness of the games community and industry.

Our website will stay up and online, so our guides will continue to be accessible.

The work that our community has done to affect change in the games industry and communities made a difference, and all of us at Feminist Frequency and the Games and Online Harassment Hotline are hopeful to see improvements continue to be made. If you’re moved to support other values-aligned organizations, we recommend learning more about Take This, Interrupting Criminalization, SOIL: a Transformative Justice Project,  Vita Activa, and the orgs that make up the Coalition Against Online Violence.

To read our Executive Director, Anita Sarkeesian’s, letter on the decision to close Feminist Frequency and the Games Hotline, find it here.

If you are working on a similar project to the Games Hotline, we would be happy to share our experiences, wisdom, and developed materials with you. You can reach out to Jae Lin through their website.