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: 1) by mvar on Sunday October 12 2014, @10:22PM
what someone else posted earlier: 1st world problems (for which no sane person who actually values his precious free time would ever give a fuck)
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 12 2014, @11:48PM
Except, of course, for the part where people are getting driven from their homes by death threats.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 13 2014, @05:57AM
Anything related to having a home is a first-world problem for sure. Come to think of it, death threats are too, because outside of the first-world they skip the threats and just kill you.