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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: 2) by cafebabe on Monday October 13 2014, @08:51AM
Oh, that's curious: Burden of proof meets precautionary principle. And even if the precautionary principle takes precedent, does it affect the burden of proof when it is referenced?
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(Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Monday October 13 2014, @03:27PM
Legal vs. personal response. The threat doesn't have to hold up in a court of law for you, the threatened, to respond cautiously to it.
"Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"