Link: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2026/03/it-doesnt-feel-safe-many-international-game-developers-plan-to-skip-gdc-in-us/

“I felt compelled to send copies of my itinerary, passport and other IDs, speaker information, etc., to at least three other people who weren’t attending, with the instructions that if I didn’t contact them by a specified time to let them know that I had landed and cleared security, that they should take my information to the Australian consulate,” said JC Lau, a senior producer at Amsterdam’s Twirlbound who has attended every GDC since 2017.

“I scrubbed my social media timelines just in case I posted something that could get me in trouble,” the Godot Foundation’s Coppola told Ars of his preparations for the show.

I have to laugh my country is going off a cliff so fast, at any rate this conference and others like it need to leave the US NOW.

This is not an "eventually we find a new place for international gatherings" kind of thing, the US is collapsing and you are simply not safe here whether you are a US citizen or not, do not come here for your own safety. To be honest I think it is embarrassing that the people running this conference haven't already moved it to Canada at the very least, it places all of the attendees in a real and present danger.

Feels a bit naïve to think that scrubbing one’s social media will do anything. I just wouldn’t go.

Don't visit countries that are willing to entertain fascism

I agree. Even if they didn't randomly pick on people (which they totally do) they could still utilize Palantir or similar tech to get intel on you. deleting your posts does nothing in this day and age.