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 Monday October 13 2014, @01:41AM
I don't like how your comment is worded, but I think there's some value in there, so let me rephrase:
Someone received a death threat on the Internet for publicly taking a stance someone else on the Internet didn't like.
Notable, sure, but newsworthy? I'm sure tons of people get death threats every day. Of those, a small but significant number are credible (really, it's not that hard to get someone's address in this day and age if you already have their name, email, and possibly employment info). Now, one can't help but ask at this point, why is it that of those, the only ones that get blown up with news coverage are about female feminists (or children, I suppose, vis a vis cyberbullying)?