Adrian Chen is an American blogger, and former staff writer at The New Yorker.
11 Facts About Adrian Chen
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Adrian Chen is the creator of The Pamphlette, a "humor publication" for Reed College students on a piece of letter-size paper.
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Adrian Chen has written for The New York Times, New York magazine, Wired, and other publications.
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In October 2012, Adrian Chen exposed the real name and details of Violentacrez, a Texas Internet developer, who was fired from his job.
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In September 2012, Adrian Chen acquiesced to demands from Anonymous and posted images of himself dressed in a tutu with a shoe perched on his head.
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In June 2011, Adrian Chen wrote an expose of Silk Road, a darknet market which facilitated online drug purchases.
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In February 2012, Adrian Chen interviewed a freelancer from oDesk, an outsourcing firm hired to enforce Facebook's content guidelines.
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Adrian Chen arranged a phone interview with Brutsch during which Brutsch mentioned he had a disabled wife and pleaded for him to keep his identity secret.
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Mez Breeze has suggested in The Next Web that, in outing Brutsch, Adrian Chen engaged in a type of trolling, making Brutsch "the victim of unwanted bullying and substantial negative attention" as a result of the expose.
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Reddit users accused Adrian Chen of doxing Brutsch and declared "war" on Gawker.
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Adrian Chen was critical of The Washington Post's decision to put the story on its front page.