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'''Adrian Chen''' (born November 23, 1984) is an [[United States|American]] journalist, and staff writer at ''[[The New Yorker]]''. Chen joined [[Gawker]] in November 2009 as a night shift editor, graduating from an internship position at [[Slate]],<ref name=welcomingmyself>{{cite web|last=Chen |first=Adrian |title=Please Join Me in Welcoming Myself |publisher=Gawker |date=9 November 2009 |url=http://gawker.com/5399952/please-join-me-in-welcoming-myself |accessdate=2012-10-13 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130909225925/http://gawker.com/5399952/please-join-me-in-welcoming-myself |archivedate=2013-09-09 |df= }}</ref> and has written extensively on [[Internet culture]], especially [[virtual communities]] such as [[4chan]] and [[Reddit]]. Chen is the creator of ''The Pamphlette'', a "humor publication" for [[Reed College]] students on a piece of letter-size paper.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Pamphlette, Vol. 1, Issue 1|url=http://pamphlette.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/vol1iss1.pdf|accessdate=16 October 2012}}</ref> He has written for the New York Times,<ref>{{cite news|last=Chen|first=Adrian|title=Much Ado About Bitcoin|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/27/opinion/much-ado-about-bitcoin.html|accessdate=23 February 2014|newspaper=The New York Times|date=27 November 2013}}</ref> New York Magazine,<ref>{{cite news|last=Chen|first=Adrian|title=Romanian Hacker Guccifer Skewered and Glorified The Power Elite|url=http://nymag.com/news/intelligencer/guccifer-2014-2/|accessdate=23 February 2014|newspaper=New York Magazine|date=25 January 2014}}</ref> Wired,<ref>{{cite news|last=Chen|first=Adrian|title=Goatse and the Rise of the Web's Gross Out Culture|url= |
'''Adrian Chen''' (born November 23, 1984) is an [[United States|American]] journalist, and staff writer at ''[[The New Yorker]]''. Chen joined [[Gawker]] in November 2009 as a night shift editor, graduating from an internship position at [[Slate]],<ref name=welcomingmyself>{{cite web|last=Chen |first=Adrian |title=Please Join Me in Welcoming Myself |publisher=Gawker |date=9 November 2009 |url=http://gawker.com/5399952/please-join-me-in-welcoming-myself |accessdate=2012-10-13 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130909225925/http://gawker.com/5399952/please-join-me-in-welcoming-myself |archivedate=2013-09-09 |df= }}</ref> and has written extensively on [[Internet culture]], especially [[virtual communities]] such as [[4chan]] and [[Reddit]]. Chen is the creator of ''The Pamphlette'', a "humor publication" for [[Reed College]] students on a piece of letter-size paper.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Pamphlette, Vol. 1, Issue 1|url=http://pamphlette.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/vol1iss1.pdf|accessdate=16 October 2012}}</ref> He has written for the New York Times,<ref>{{cite news|last=Chen|first=Adrian|title=Much Ado About Bitcoin|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/27/opinion/much-ado-about-bitcoin.html|accessdate=23 February 2014|newspaper=The New York Times|date=27 November 2013}}</ref> New York Magazine,<ref>{{cite news|last=Chen|first=Adrian|title=Romanian Hacker Guccifer Skewered and Glorified The Power Elite|url=http://nymag.com/news/intelligencer/guccifer-2014-2/|accessdate=23 February 2014|newspaper=New York Magazine|date=25 January 2014}}</ref> Wired,<ref>{{cite news|last=Chen|first=Adrian|title=Goatse and the Rise of the Web's Gross Out Culture|url=https://www.wired.com/magazine/2013/04/goatse/|accessdate=23 February 2014|newspaper=Wired Magazine|date=16 April 2013}}</ref> and other publications. |
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In October 2012, Chen exposed the real name and details of [[Violentacrez]] (a moderator of several [[Reddit]] [[Jailbait]] communities), a Texas Internet developer, who was subsequently fired from his job.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2012/10/15/reddit_troll_violentacrez_outed_by_gawker_when_will_law_enforcement_catch.html|title=Gawker Outed Reddit's Most Notorious Troll. Why Isn't Law Enforcement Doing the Same?|last=Hess|first=Amanda|date=15 October 2012|publisher=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]|accessdate=16 October 2012}}</ref> This led to all links to Gawker being temporarily banned from Reddit.<ref name="Oremus" /> In September 2012, Chen acquiesced to demands from [[Anonymous (group)|Anonymous]] and posted images of himself dressed in a [[Ballet tutu|tutu]] with a shoe perched on his head. The images had been demanded in exchange for interviews regarding an alleged leak of [[Apple Inc.|Apple]] iPhone and iPad user data from an FBI laptop.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gawker.com/5940273 |title=Anonymous Demands to See Gawker Writer in Ballet Tutu For More Information on Massive FBI Hack |last=Chen |first=Adrian |date=4 September 2012 |publisher=[[Gawker Media]] |accessdate=16 October 2012 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121008073720/http://gawker.com:80/5940273 |archivedate=8 October 2012 |df= }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://slacktory.com/2012/09/adrian-chen-will-play-your-internet-game-you-rogue/|title=Adrian Chen Will Play Your Internet Game, You Rogue|last=Douglas|first=Nick|date=5 September 2012|publisher=Slacktory|accessdate=16 October 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.salon.com/2012/09/04/hackers_release_apple_data/|title=Hackers release Apple data|last=Lennard|first=Natasha|date=4 September 2012|publisher=[[Salon (website)|Salon]]|accessdate=16 October 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57506130-93/gawker-writer-dons-pink-tutu-in-response-to-anonymous-demand/|title=Gawker writer dons pink tutu in response to Anonymous demand|last=Cooper|first=Charles|date=4 September 2012|publisher=[[CNet]]|accessdate=16 October 2012}}</ref> |
In October 2012, Chen exposed the real name and details of [[Violentacrez]] (a moderator of several [[Reddit]] [[Jailbait]] communities), a Texas Internet developer, who was subsequently fired from his job.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2012/10/15/reddit_troll_violentacrez_outed_by_gawker_when_will_law_enforcement_catch.html|title=Gawker Outed Reddit's Most Notorious Troll. Why Isn't Law Enforcement Doing the Same?|last=Hess|first=Amanda|date=15 October 2012|publisher=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]|accessdate=16 October 2012}}</ref> This led to all links to Gawker being temporarily banned from Reddit.<ref name="Oremus" /> In September 2012, Chen acquiesced to demands from [[Anonymous (group)|Anonymous]] and posted images of himself dressed in a [[Ballet tutu|tutu]] with a shoe perched on his head. The images had been demanded in exchange for interviews regarding an alleged leak of [[Apple Inc.|Apple]] iPhone and iPad user data from an FBI laptop.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gawker.com/5940273 |title=Anonymous Demands to See Gawker Writer in Ballet Tutu For More Information on Massive FBI Hack |last=Chen |first=Adrian |date=4 September 2012 |publisher=[[Gawker Media]] |accessdate=16 October 2012 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121008073720/http://gawker.com:80/5940273 |archivedate=8 October 2012 |df= }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://slacktory.com/2012/09/adrian-chen-will-play-your-internet-game-you-rogue/|title=Adrian Chen Will Play Your Internet Game, You Rogue|last=Douglas|first=Nick|date=5 September 2012|publisher=Slacktory|accessdate=16 October 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.salon.com/2012/09/04/hackers_release_apple_data/|title=Hackers release Apple data|last=Lennard|first=Natasha|date=4 September 2012|publisher=[[Salon (website)|Salon]]|accessdate=16 October 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57506130-93/gawker-writer-dons-pink-tutu-in-response-to-anonymous-demand/|title=Gawker writer dons pink tutu in response to Anonymous demand|last=Cooper|first=Charles|date=4 September 2012|publisher=[[CNet]]|accessdate=16 October 2012}}</ref> |
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|url = http://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2012/10/15/why-the-internet-cool-kids-think-gawker-outing-reddits-violentacrez-is-the-best-story-about-the-web-this-year/ |title = Why The Internet Cool Kids Think Gawker Outing Reddit's Violentacrez Is The 'Best Story About The Web' This Year |author = Hill, Kashmir |date = 15 Oct 2012 |work = [[Forbes]] |accessdate = 2012-10-16 }}</ref> When Chen's article was published it became banned site-wide, which Reddit general manager Erik Martin said was a mistake. "The sitewide ban of the recent Adrien Chen (sic) article was a mistake on our part and was fixed this morning. Mods are still free to do what they want in their subreddits".<ref>{{cite news | first = Katie | last = Notopolous | title = Leaked Reddit Chat Logs Reveal Moderators | date = 13 Oct 2012 | url = http://www.buzzfeed.com/katienotopoulos/leaked-chat-logs-between-reddit-moderators-and-sta | work = BuzzFeed | accessdate = 2012-10-13}}</ref> Chen claims that apart from Reddit, response to his story had been "overwhelmingly positive", telling ''[[The Guardian]]'', "I thought there would be more of a backlash about the story, but people really are willing to accept that anonymity is not a given on the internet and if people use pseudonyms to publish sexualised images of women without their consent, and of underage girls, then there's not really a legitimate claim to privacy".<ref>{{cite news | last = Swash | first = Rosie | work = The Guardian | title = A new internet age? Web users turn on 'trolls'| date= 19 Oct 2012 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2012/oct/19/new-internet-age-trolls | accessdate = 2012-10-19 | location=London}}</ref> For his article revealing Brutsch, Chen received a [[Mirror Award]] for Best Profile in the category of Traditional/Legacy or Digital Media.<ref>{{cite news|last=O'Shea|first=Chris|title=The 2013 Mirror Award Winners|url=http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlny/the-2013-mirror-award-winners_b83968|accessdate=14 June 2013|newspaper=[[Mediabistro.com|FishbowlNY]]|date=5 June 2013}}</ref> |
|url = http://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2012/10/15/why-the-internet-cool-kids-think-gawker-outing-reddits-violentacrez-is-the-best-story-about-the-web-this-year/ |title = Why The Internet Cool Kids Think Gawker Outing Reddit's Violentacrez Is The 'Best Story About The Web' This Year |author = Hill, Kashmir |date = 15 Oct 2012 |work = [[Forbes]] |accessdate = 2012-10-16 }}</ref> When Chen's article was published it became banned site-wide, which Reddit general manager Erik Martin said was a mistake. "The sitewide ban of the recent Adrien Chen (sic) article was a mistake on our part and was fixed this morning. Mods are still free to do what they want in their subreddits".<ref>{{cite news | first = Katie | last = Notopolous | title = Leaked Reddit Chat Logs Reveal Moderators | date = 13 Oct 2012 | url = http://www.buzzfeed.com/katienotopoulos/leaked-chat-logs-between-reddit-moderators-and-sta | work = BuzzFeed | accessdate = 2012-10-13}}</ref> Chen claims that apart from Reddit, response to his story had been "overwhelmingly positive", telling ''[[The Guardian]]'', "I thought there would be more of a backlash about the story, but people really are willing to accept that anonymity is not a given on the internet and if people use pseudonyms to publish sexualised images of women without their consent, and of underage girls, then there's not really a legitimate claim to privacy".<ref>{{cite news | last = Swash | first = Rosie | work = The Guardian | title = A new internet age? Web users turn on 'trolls'| date= 19 Oct 2012 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2012/oct/19/new-internet-age-trolls | accessdate = 2012-10-19 | location=London}}</ref> For his article revealing Brutsch, Chen received a [[Mirror Award]] for Best Profile in the category of Traditional/Legacy or Digital Media.<ref>{{cite news|last=O'Shea|first=Chris|title=The 2013 Mirror Award Winners|url=http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlny/the-2013-mirror-award-winners_b83968|accessdate=14 June 2013|newspaper=[[Mediabistro.com|FishbowlNY]]|date=5 June 2013}}</ref> |
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The public outpouring of hostility towards Brutsch following the exposé prompted commentators such as [[Danah Boyd]] at ''[[Wired (website)|Wired]]'' and Michelle Star of ''[[CNET]]'' to question the morality of outing as a way to enforce societal standards online.<ref name=Wired>{{cite news|last=Boyd|first=Danah|title=Truth, Lies, and ‘Doxxing’: The Real Moral of the Gawker/Reddit Story|url= |
The public outpouring of hostility towards Brutsch following the exposé prompted commentators such as [[Danah Boyd]] at ''[[Wired (website)|Wired]]'' and Michelle Star of ''[[CNET]]'' to question the morality of outing as a way to enforce societal standards online.<ref name=Wired>{{cite news|last=Boyd|first=Danah|title=Truth, Lies, and ‘Doxxing’: The Real Moral of the Gawker/Reddit Story|url=https://www.wired.com/opinion/2012/10/truth-lies-doxxing-internet-vigilanteism/|accessdate=1 November 2012|newspaper=[[Wired (website)|Wired]]|date=29 October 2012}}</ref><ref name=CNET>{{cite news|last=Starr|first=Michelle|title=Gawker, Reddit's Violentacrez and the internet vigilantes|url=http://www.cnet.com.au/gawker-reddits-violentacrez-and-the-internet-vigilantes-339342046.htm|accessdate=1 November 2012|newspaper=[[CNET]]|date=17 October 2012}}</ref> Several commentators have expressed concern that the public shaming of Brutsch may serve as an example to others, legitimizing online vigilantism and exposing individuals such as Brutsch to mass retribution.<ref name=Wired /><ref name=CNET /> Mez Breeze has suggested in The Next Web that, in outing Brutsch, Chen engaged in a type of trolling, making Brutsch "the victim of unwanted bullying and substantial negative attention" as a result of the exposé.<ref name=TNW>{{cite news|last=Breeze|first=Mez|title=The problems with anonymous trolls and accountability in the digital age|url=http://thenextweb.com/insider/2012/10/27/the-problems-with-anonymous-trolls-and-accountability-in-the-digital-age/|accessdate=1 November 2012|newspaper=The Next Web|date=27 October 2012}}</ref> |
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Adrian Chen (born November 23, 1984) is an American journalist, and staff writer at The New Yorker. Chen joined Gawker in November 2009 as a night shift editor, graduating from an internship position at Slate,[1] and has written extensively on Internet culture, especially virtual communities such as 4chan and Reddit. Chen is the creator of The Pamphlette, a "humor publication" for Reed College students on a piece of letter-size paper.[2] He has written for the New York Times,[3] New York Magazine,[4] Wired,[5] and other publications.
In October 2012, Chen exposed the real name and details of Violentacrez (a moderator of several Reddit Jailbait communities), a Texas Internet developer, who was subsequently fired from his job.[6] This led to all links to Gawker being temporarily banned from Reddit.[7] In September 2012, Chen acquiesced to demands from Anonymous and posted images of himself dressed in a tutu with a shoe perched on his head. The images had been demanded in exchange for interviews regarding an alleged leak of Apple iPhone and iPad user data from an FBI laptop.[8][9][10][11]
In 2016, he became a staff writer for The New Yorker.[12]
In June 2011, Chen wrote an exposé of Silk Road, a Darknet market which facilitated online drug purchases.[13] Following publication of the article, Chen was interviewed about Silk Road on NPR's All Things Considered.[14] As a result of Chen's investigation, United States Senators Charles Schumer and Joe Manchin publicly called on U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to shut the site down.[15][16][17]
In February 2012, Chen interviewed a freelancer from oDesk, an outsourcing firm hired to enforce Facebook's content guidelines.[18] The article included the guidelines provided by oDesk.[18][19][20][21]
In October 2012, Chen uncovered the background of Michael Brutsch, a moderator who oversaw several controversial forums such as r/creepshots and r/jailbait under the username 'Violentacrez'. He arranged a phone interview with Brutsch during which Brutsch mentioned he had a disabled wife and pleaded for him to keep his identity secret. Though Chen claimed this "did shake [him] a bit",[22] he published an article revealing his name, location, and workplace on Gawker. The next day, Brutsch was fired from his job.[23] This release of personally identifiable information prompted several subreddits to ban all Gawker link submissions from their site.[7][24] When Chen's article was published it became banned site-wide, which Reddit general manager Erik Martin said was a mistake. "The sitewide ban of the recent Adrien Chen (sic) article was a mistake on our part and was fixed this morning. Mods are still free to do what they want in their subreddits".[25] Chen claims that apart from Reddit, response to his story had been "overwhelmingly positive", telling The Guardian, "I thought there would be more of a backlash about the story, but people really are willing to accept that anonymity is not a given on the internet and if people use pseudonyms to publish sexualised images of women without their consent, and of underage girls, then there's not really a legitimate claim to privacy".[26] For his article revealing Brutsch, Chen received a Mirror Award for Best Profile in the category of Traditional/Legacy or Digital Media.[27]
The public outpouring of hostility towards Brutsch following the exposé prompted commentators such as Danah BoydatWired and Michelle Star of CNET to question the morality of outing as a way to enforce societal standards online.[28][29] Several commentators have expressed concern that the public shaming of Brutsch may serve as an example to others, legitimizing online vigilantism and exposing individuals such as Brutsch to mass retribution.[28][29] Mez Breeze has suggested in The Next Web that, in outing Brutsch, Chen engaged in a type of trolling, making Brutsch "the victim of unwanted bullying and substantial negative attention" as a result of the exposé.[30]
PropOrNot is a group that seeks to expose what it calls Russian propaganda and published a list of websites they called『bona-fide ‘useful idiots’』of the Russian government based on methodology they called "a combination of manual and automated analysis, including analysis of content, timing, technical indicators, and other reporting".[31] Chen was critical of The Washington Post's decision to put the story on its front page. He wrote in an article titled "The Propaganda About Russian Propaganda": "The story topped the Post’s most-read list, and was shared widely by prominent journalists and politicians on Twitter. ... But a close look at the report showed that it was a mess."[32] Looking more carefully into their methodology, Chen argued that PropOrNot's criteria for establishing propaganda were so broad that they could have included "not only Russian state-controlled media organizations, such as Russia Today, but nearly every news outlet in the world, including the Post itself" on their list.[32]
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