SXSW considering 'all-day event on harassment' after pulling gaming panels

Festival has offered to reinstate one of the panels it cancelled after threats of violence and is reportedly considering an all-day event on the topic

Austin's South-by-Southwest (SXSW) festival is "considering an all-day event that focuses primarily on combatting online harassment", in an attempt to quell the anger over the festival's withdrawal of two gaming-related panels due to "threats of violence".

The removal of the panels has prompted threats to pull out of the festival entirely from media organisations BuzzFeed and Vox, as well as widespread condemnation, particularly since one of the panels was explicitly about overcoming harassment in games.