Two panels on gaming harassment at next year’s SXSW in Austin were canceled Monday amid violent threats against its female speakers over GamerGate. Organizers chose to cancel the panels after receiving “numerous threats of on-site violence” believed related to last year’s GamerGate row, SXSW interactive director Hugh Forrest said in a statement Monday .

Two panels on gaming harassment at next year’s SXSW in Austin were canceled Monday amid violent threats against its female speakers over GamerGate. Organizers chose to cancel the panels after receiving “numerous threats of on-site violence” believed related to last year’s GamerGate row, SXSW interactive director Hugh Forrest said in a statement Monday .