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posted by LaminatorX on Sunday October 12 2014, @02:07PM   Printer-friendly
from the whose-side-are-you-on? dept.

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.

 
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  • (Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Tuesday October 14 2014, @02:24PM

    by tangomargarine (667) on Tuesday October 14 2014, @02:24PM (#105942)

    "So trap?"
    "Trap."
    "At least a little effort to hide it would be nice--"
    *knocks tray off console*

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    "Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"
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