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Game Developer Wu Leaves Home after Death Threats

posted by LaminatorX on Sunday October 12 2014, @02:07PM   Printer-friendly
from the whose-side-are-you-on? dept.

An anonymous coward writes:

Brianna Wu, head of the independent gaming studio Giant Spacekat, was the target of a series of tweets containing death threats on Friday; one published her home address (since redacted). The poster's Twitter account has been disabled.

Wu responded on Friday night with the tweet:

Brianna Wu @Spacekatgal

The police just came by. Husband and I are going somewhere safe.

Remember, #gamergate isn't about attacking women.

GamerGate supporters denounced the threats and "doxxing" against Wu and disavowed the poster. However, several suspected that the tweets were a false flag created by anti-GamerGate forces:

Sun Knight @SunKnightO

@Sen_Armstrong @Spacekatgal @chatterwhiteman It's clearly either a troll or false flag shame that people actually think its legit.

 
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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 12 2014, @05:59PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 12 2014, @05:59PM (#105136)

    It shows a pattern of shitty/unethical behavior.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 12 2014, @06:13PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 12 2014, @06:13PM (#105153)

    > It shows a pattern of shitty/unethical behavior.

    Is she a journalist? No. Case fucking closed.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 12 2014, @09:37PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 12 2014, @09:37PM (#105281)

      So because she's not a journalist she's incapable of unethical behavior?
      Or do non-journalists have some type of diplomatic immunity to it?

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 12 2014, @10:22PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 12 2014, @10:22PM (#105304)

        So because she's not a journalist she's incapable of unethical behavior?

        What part of "journalistic ethics" do you fail to understand?

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 12 2014, @10:38PM

          by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 12 2014, @10:38PM (#105317)

          The "ethics" part. It does mean "everything done by somebody I like", making "ethical violation" mean "everything done by somebody I don't like", right?

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 13 2014, @12:09AM

          by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 13 2014, @12:09AM (#105346)

          So journalistic ethics are the only kind of ethics?
          And unethical behavior by journalists can only involve journalists?
          Because if a non-journalist is evolved everyone is a sexist pig?

          Am I doing it right?

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 12 2014, @06:18PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 12 2014, @06:18PM (#105161)

    Only if you look at it with the intent to use it as proof of that, having already made your mind up and simply looking for anything to justify your pre-made conclusion.

    In reality it shows nothing of the sort.