▁most ▁influ ential ▁people ▁on ▁the ▁Internet ▁in ▁March ▁ 2 0 1 5 , ▁and ▁later ▁in ▁the ▁magazine ' s ▁Top ▁ 1 0 0 ▁Most ▁In flu ential ▁People ▁of ▁ 2 0 1 5 , ▁in ▁recognition ▁of ▁her ▁role ▁in ▁highlight ing ▁sex ism ▁in ▁the ▁video ▁game ▁community ▁in ▁the ▁w ake ▁of ▁the ▁G amer gate ▁controvers y . ▁She ▁was ▁also ▁highlight ed ▁as ▁one ▁of ▁Cos m opol it ans ▁fifty ▁" Internet ' s ▁Most ▁F asc in ating " ▁in ▁a ▁ 2 0 1 5 ▁list ▁due ▁to ▁her ▁efforts ▁to ▁cur b ▁online ▁har ass ment . ▁ ▁An ▁on - line ▁ab use ▁panel ▁( its elf ▁the ▁subject ▁of ▁controvers y ) ▁at ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 6 ▁S X SW ▁festival ▁said ▁that ▁there ▁was ▁no ▁techn ological ▁solution ▁to ▁the ▁problem ▁of ▁har ass ment ▁given ▁human ▁nature ; ▁although ▁policy ▁changes ▁have ▁been ▁made , ▁the ▁larger ▁issue ▁is ▁more ▁soci etal ▁than ▁platform - specific . ▁Refer ring ▁to ▁the ▁discussion ▁at ▁S X SW ▁in ▁a ▁speech ▁for ▁Women ' s ▁History ▁Month , ▁President ▁of ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁Bar ack ▁Ob ama ▁said ▁that ▁" We ▁know ▁that ▁women ▁gam ers ▁face ▁har ass ment ▁and ▁st alk ing ▁and ▁thre ats ▁of ▁violence ▁from ▁other ▁players . ▁When ▁they ▁speak ▁out ▁about ▁their ▁experiences , ▁they ' re ▁attacked ▁on ▁Twitter ▁and ▁other ▁social ▁media ▁out lets , ▁even ▁threatened