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

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, @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?