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  1. After further highlighting the fact that Pando reporter Yasha Levine has disproportionally targeted one female Tor dev, @puellavulnerata, Levine felt it necessary to RT the following tweets of mine.
  2. https://twitter.com/0xdeadbabe/status/537421876868304896
  3. https://twitter.com/0xdeadbabe/status/537421997706194944
  4. https://twitter.com/0xdeadbabe/status/537422441107030016
  5. https://twitter.com/0xdeadbabe/status/537418850082377728
  6. https://twitter.com/0xdeadbabe/status/537419319693414400
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  8. It seems the purpose of Levine selectively RTing tweets is to ensure that his followers and other trolls are alerted to criticism on his behalf for the express purpose of ensuring his critics are harassed while "firewalling" himself from the harassing behavior. Note the following
  9. https://twitter.com/EricGilston/status/537437042968637441
  10. https://twitter.com/BlueMeanie4/status/537433899937570816
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  12. replied from Levine's RT (and not the tweet where I ask Levine to stop harassing women in tech, https://twitter.com/0xdeadbabe/status/537424952471732226).
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  14. Ignoring the fact that this is a distortion of what I highlighted, the same pattern where people upset with Levine's behavior get RT'd and then trolls go after the critics continue. For example, Levine RTs the following:
  15. https://twitter.com/0xcaca0/status/537447711969394688
  16. https://twitter.com/0xcaca0/status/537448118129008640
  17. One noted harasser of @puellavulnerata (listed in http://pastebin.com/fAArQ4yx), responds and is soon RT'd by Levine.
  18. https://twitter.com/Umfuld/status/537450314056871936
  19. https://twitter.com/Umfuld/status/537450697969926144
  20. https://twitter.com/Umfuld/status/537451197821882368
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  22. Here Levine RTs this overly emphatic defense of Levine.
  23. https://twitter.com/EricGilston/status/537440471082336256
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  25. Why Levine felt it necessary to amplify the message that Levine is beseiged by "shame[ful]" pointing out that Levine has mentioned @puellavulnerata over twice as much as any other Tor dev is perplexing, given that he himself felt no need to bring up whether I felt any shame over pointing out this criticism. As a journalist, it is Levine's prerogative to talk about individuals in the context of reporting, even if it is misleading or incorrect. Where Levine crosses the line is to incite users on Twitter to harass his critics by proxy. If Levine feels that criticism of his behavior is "shame[ful]" or feels like he has an axe to grind against his critics, then he should feel compelled to do so in his own words.
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