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'''Matthew Hopkins News / The Witchfinder General''' is a Conservative blog. Matthew Hopkins is the pen name of Sam Smith, an activist and law student who has been praised in the UK Parliament for representing vulnerable women.<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmhansrd/cm131127/petntext/131127p0001.htm Hansard]</ref> The blog focuses on exposing and attacking wrongdoers, with a special focus on UK law, the exposing of pedophiles, their 'enablers' (SJWs who support legalisation of underage sex) and other abusers.
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Website http://www.matthewhopkinsnews.com<br />
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Owner Sam Smith<br />
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Editor-in-Chief Sam Smith<br />
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'''Matthew Hopkins News / The Witchfinder General''' is a Conservative blog. Matthew Hopkins is the pen name of Sam Smith, an activist and law student who has been praised in the UK Parliament for representing vulnerable women.<sup>[[#cite_note-1|[1]]]</sup> The blog focuses on exposing and attacking wrongdoers, with a special focus on UK law, the exposing of pedophiles, their 'enablers' (SJWs who support legalisation of underage sex) and other abusers.
  
 
== Role in GamerGate ==
 
== Role in GamerGate ==
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Matthew Hopkins News has relentlessly supported GamerGate with a mixture of overt hit pieces and legal threats<ref>[http://matthewhopkinsnews.com/?p=1193 BlockBot Busted? Front Page Rewrite and a Resignation for a Block Bot Team in Disarray]</ref> against opponents. His main focus has been his sustained attacks on the Atheism Plus Block Bot.
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Matthew Hopkins News has relentlessly supported GamerGate with a mixture of overt hit pieces and legal threats<sup>[citation needed]</sup> against opponents.
  
 
=== Depression Quest Review ===
 
=== Depression Quest Review ===
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Matthew Hopkins News first became involved in the controversy on 02/02/2015 with a review of Depression Quest, giving the game only 27% and provoking [[Zoe Quinn]] into changing her [[Twitter]] screen name to 'found witch'.<ref>[http://matthewhopkinsnews.com/?p=926 Depression Quest is Crass, Condescending Ignorance #Gamergate]</ref>
 
  
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== Atheism Plus Block Bot ==
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Matthew Hopkins News first became involved in the controversy on 02/02/2015 with a review of Depression Quest, giving the game only 27% and provoking [[Zoe Quinn]] into changing her [[Twitter]] screen name to 'found witch'.<sup>[[#cite_note-2|[2]]]</sup>
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Matthew Hopkins News began its attacks on the Block Bot with a pair of videos. In the first, Hopkins notes the number of women and minorities added to the bot and legally harvests the block lists of GGAutoblocker, Blocktogether and The Block Bot using his bespoke 'Malleus Twitter' application.<ref>[http://matthewhopkinsnews.com/?p=1118 The Block Bot, GG Auto Blocker and Block Together Get Crushed]</ref>.
 
  
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The second video focuses exclusively on the Atheism Plus Block Bot and exposes bizarre conduct by James Billingham the creator of the Block Bot, who despite condemning trolls boasted on his blog of trolling about 'kiddy porn<ref>[http://matthewhopkinsnews.com/?p=1123 Exposé – #TheBlockBot Creator Featured on BBC is Troll, Claims He Viewed But Did Not Report ‘Kiddy Porn’]</ref>.
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== Article History ==
  
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On 16/03/2015 Hopkins revealed he had sent a letter of claim to the Block Bot (who had added his MHWitchfinder Twitter account to their blocked list, throwing the project into chaos.<ref>[http://matthewhopkinsnews.com/?p=1193 BlockBot Busted? Front Page Rewrite and a Resignation for a Block Bot Team in Disarray]</ref>
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Other notable articles include -
  
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==False Allegation of Harassment by Sarah Brown==
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* [http://matthewhopkinsnews.com/?p=964 Mein Kampf is Not a Jokebook – Nick Denton’s Shame #GamerGate #NotYourShield]
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On 24/04/2015 Hopkins revealed that he had been served a UK Police 'harassment notice' arising from an allegation by a Block Bot team member Sarah Brown / @AuntySarah but published a letter from Cambridgeshire Constabulary proving it had been rescinded after an investigation by the police revealed it was not harassment. The story was damaging for Brown, who had resigned in disgrace from the Block Bot project.<ref>[http://matthewhopkinsnews.com/?p=1430 Cambridge Police Are Awesome, Rescind ‘Harassment’ Notice, Exonerate Witchfinder]</ref>
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* [http://matthewhopkinsnews.com/?p=967 Mental Health Stigma is Never Acceptable – For Anita Sarkeesian and Gawker it is #TimeToChange]
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* [http://matthewhopkinsnews.com/?p=1038 Why #GamerGate and #NotYourShield Should Learn to Love Liana Kerzner]
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* [http://matthewhopkinsnews.com/?p=1006 King Dinosaur Games Must Remember that Kickstarter Promises are NOT Made to be Broken #GamerGate]
  
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== Article History ==
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== References ==
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Other notable articles include -
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[[#cite_ref-1|↑]] [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmhansrd/cm131127/petntext/131127p0001.htm Hansard]</li>
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*[http://matthewhopkinsnews.com/?p=964 Mein Kampf is Not a Jokebook – Nick Denton’s Shame #GamerGate #NotYourShield]
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*[http://matthewhopkinsnews.com/?p=967 Mental Health Stigma is Never Acceptable – For Anita Sarkeesian and Gawker it is #TimeToChange]
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[[#cite_ref-2|↑]] [http://matthewhopkinsnews.com/?p=926 Depression Quest is Crass, Condescending Ignorance #Gamergate]</li></ol>
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*[http://matthewhopkinsnews.com/?p=1038 Why #GamerGate and #NotYourShield Should Learn to Love Liana Kerzner]
 
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*[http://matthewhopkinsnews.com/?p=1006 King Dinosaur Games Must Remember that Kickstarter Promises are NOT Made to be Broken #GamerGate]
 
  
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last modified on 27 February 2015, at 04:38.</li>

Latest revision as of 05:50, 10 August 2019

[[Matthew Hopkins News.png]]

Website http://www.matthewhopkinsnews.com
Owner Sam Smith
Editor-in-Chief Sam Smith
Boycotted? No


Matthew Hopkins News / The Witchfinder General is a Conservative blog. Matthew Hopkins is the pen name of Sam Smith, an activist and law student who has been praised in the UK Parliament for representing vulnerable women.[1] The blog focuses on exposing and attacking wrongdoers, with a special focus on UK law, the exposing of pedophiles, their 'enablers' (SJWs who support legalisation of underage sex) and other abusers.

Role in GamerGate

Matthew Hopkins News has relentlessly supported GamerGate with a mixture of overt hit pieces and legal threats[citation needed] against opponents.

Depression Quest Review

Matthew Hopkins News first became involved in the controversy on 02/02/2015 with a review of Depression Quest, giving the game only 27% and provoking Zoe Quinn into changing her Twitter screen name to 'found witch'.[2]

Article History

Other notable articles include -

References

  1. ↑ Hansard
  2. ↑ Depression Quest is Crass, Condescending Ignorance #Gamergate
last modified on 27 February 2015, at 04:38.</li>
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