▁into ▁silence . ▁Prof . ▁Jo anne ▁St . ▁Lewis ▁of ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Ott awa ▁stated ▁that ▁G amer gate ' s ▁har ass ment ▁and ▁thre ats ▁should ▁be ▁considered ▁acts ▁of ▁terror ism ▁as ▁the ▁perpet rat ors ▁seek ▁to ▁harm ▁women ▁and ▁to ▁prevent ▁them ▁from ▁speaking ▁back ▁or ▁def ending ▁others . ▁ ▁Law ▁enfor cement ▁ ▁Though ▁News week ▁reported ▁that ▁the ▁F BI ▁had ▁a ▁file ▁regarding ▁G amer gate , ▁no ▁arr ests ▁have ▁been ▁made ▁nor ▁charges ▁file d , ▁and ▁parts ▁of ▁the ▁F BI ▁investigation ▁into ▁the ▁thre ats ▁had ▁been ▁closed ▁in ▁September ▁ 2 0 1 5 ▁due ▁to ▁a ▁lack ▁of ▁leads . ▁Form er ▁F BI ▁super vis ory ▁special ▁agent ▁for ▁cy ber cr imes , ▁Tim ▁Ryan , ▁stated ▁that ▁cy ber har ass ment ▁cases ▁are ▁a ▁low ▁priority ▁for ▁authorities ▁because ▁it ▁is ▁difficult ▁to ▁track ▁down ▁the ▁perpet r ator ▁and ▁they ▁have ▁lower ▁pen alt ies ▁compared ▁to ▁other ▁cr imes ▁they ▁are ▁task ed ▁to ▁en force . ▁In ▁June ▁ 2 0 1 5 , ▁the ▁US ▁Supreme ▁Court ▁ruled ▁in ▁El on is ▁v . ▁United ▁States ▁that ▁har ass ing ▁messages ▁sent ▁online ▁are ▁not ▁necessarily ▁true ▁thre ats ▁that ▁would ▁be ▁pro sec utable ▁under ▁criminal ▁law ▁and , ▁according ▁to ▁Pacific ▁Standard , ▁this ▁pos es ▁a ▁further ▁challenge ▁in ▁polic ing ▁G amer gate - related ▁har ass ment . ▁However , ▁the ▁Court '