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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.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 12 2014, @09:29PM
A red flag is something that draws your attention and warns you of danger. I suppose GP meant 'false flag', which means a false alarm of sorts, in this case either the threat was empty words by a troll, or staged by sockpuppets (assuming it was indeed a false flag).
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 12 2014, @10:25PM
Hhhm, so if he meant accusations of "false flag" are frequently made by both sides, I haven't seen any such accusation by one side. Especially of the kind that get the police involved. Do you know of any?
(Score: 2) by jimshatt on Monday October 13 2014, @10:59PM