A #GamerGate Target Wants Twitter to Make Harassment Harder

The Twitter account used to harass game developer Brianna Wu—@chatterwhiteman— has been removed from the site. But Wu, who fled her home over the weekend after facing multiple rape and death threats, believes Twitter needs to do more to come to terms with how it enables misogynist abuse on its platform.

“Many women are frustrated with Twitter’s policies,” she says. “It makes it very easy to create an account—and then create another account—to harass people with.” Wu says she is still being bombarded with messages blaming her for provoking the tormentors.