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 Tuesday October 14 2014, @04:23AM
I'm disgusted that this issue has a chilling effect on open discourse. In a typical discussion, about 20% of this forum's comments are anonymous. In this discussion, 167 out of 261 comments (64%) are anonymous. So, it is quite obvious that people do not feel able to speak openly about this issue.
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