The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has made a 173-page-strong document officially available, and it outlines the investigation around the online harassment movement commonly known as "Gamergate".
The document contains many emails, articles, and internal memos closely or loosely connected to Gamergate, and while much of it has been redacted, it still makes for tough reading in places. However, it seems as though the FBI was offered a lot more information than was presented in the report.
Of the incidents that were highlighted in the document, perhaps the most notable was when outspoken critic Anita Sarkeesian had to cancel a planned speech because of inadequate security following death threats made ahead of the event. Other documents relate to a bomb threat at the Moscone Convention Centre, as well as the practice of "swatting" (where armed police are sent to an unassuming victim's house or office).
The document confirms that the investigation on the matter itself is now closed, this because apparently there had been a lack of "actionable" leads, with the FBI claiming not to be able to prosecute anyone for the threats that were made.
The FBI's report also highlights several incidents that seemed to be related to Gamergate, but that were eventually proven to be unrelated, and it appears as though certain individuals were using it as cover to make trouble and inflame the situation.
The reaction to the report hasn't been positive. Outspoken victims of the Gamergate movement, such as game developer and aspiring politician Brianna Wu, have bemoaned the shallowness of the report. Wu, who's currently running for Congress, wrote:
"We sent the FBI an entire hard drive full of information. We had multiple meetings with them. What makes me want to pull my hair out with the report is only a fraction of a fraction of the information we gave them was ever looked into."
Later Wu added: "All this report does for me is show how little the FBI cared about the investigation. I'm fairly livid. Assuming I win my race for Congress, the FBI can definitely expect me to request a meeting in my office about this appalling failure."