#MeToo Forces South by Southwest Festival to Confront Sexism
- Festival for tech, media botched GamerGate scandal in 2016
- More than 50 panels focused on harassment, gender parity
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South by Southwest is taking a hard look at #MeToo.
Amid the raucous parties and speed networking at the annual festival that draws people from technology, film, and music to Austin, Texas, there will be some soul searching about gender discrimination, sexual harassment and how to fix the broken workplace culture.