Thread by @stevanzetti

Howdy folks. I've got a doozy of a twisted tale to share with you on this fine Friday. It has to do with the man who cyberstalked, defamed, and doxxed me and my family. His name is Joseph Camp. He stopped harassing me a while ago when he got a new target who goes by Danesh.

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Those of you who have followed my work for the last year may remember I broke the news of the Epik data leak, which exposed a number of far-right websites. Among them was a doxxing site run by Joseph Camp. He harassed me for months until he started attacking Danesh.

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Although it was confirmed that CEO of Epik, Rob Monster, had hired Joseph Camp to do "research" on certain people in the past, I was never able to confirm exactly who hired Joseph Camp to harass, dox and defame me, even if it was clear he was retaliating because of reporting.

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Camp is a notorious criminal. He associates with white supremacists, fascists, and neo-Nazis. He posts racial and anti-LGBTQ slurs on his Gab account on a near daily basis. I feel safe to say that Camp is a vile, hateful, deeply sad human being who operates as an attack dog.

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Camp started going after Danesh earlier this year, but the reason he went after him wasn't as obvious at the time. Recently, an interesting set of connections began to emerge. It started after Danesh identified a woman named Jennifer Couture in a video that went viral.

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A few months later, Danesh started getting harassed, doxxed, and even stalked. Joseph Camp is the one who started the campaign, but he's notoriously difficult to track down. He claims he fled the country, but that doesn't appear to be the case.

https://twitter.com/CredibleIntel/status/1561808472945172481?t=S4g3P0b_FbZ1h5OHgv9uRA&s=19

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Last week, Danesh filed a restraining order against Jennifer Couture, alleging that she has been the one responsible for financing and directing the harassment, which if true could violate the terms of Couture's probation. Yesterday, Couture filed to terminate the probation.

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Danesh has compiled a significant amount of info about Couture and Camp. He alleges Couture and her husband financed the purchase of billboards, penny savers, and TV ads about Danesh seeking to harm his reputation. He also alleges they came to his hometown to take photos.

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If Danesh is correct, this means that a handful of attorneys probably want to talk to Couture about their relationship with notorious cyberstalker and harasser, Joseph Camp. Perhaps his ostensible exile will come to an end much sooner than expected.

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This morning, Joey Camp posted a link to an anonymous article published yesterday defending Couture and claiming that one person researching this, James McGibney, is trying to "get people kidnapped by the government." The timing of this clear. They feel the walls closing in.

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The responses to my thread are telling. Joseph Camp is a serial cyber criminal who should probably be back in Leavenworth where he belongs.

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https://twitter.com/waltermasterson/status/1568290166422339591?t=IZCMpOYHk3FJRB7YiCzwOQ&s=19

And if it's true that Jennifer Couture financed and directed Joseph Camp's latest harassment spree, which Camp has continued even after the initial filing of the restraining order, Couture may have some issues with getting her probation terminated.

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If you have suffered harassment, doxxing or stalking from Joseph Camp, and you'd like to speak on it, I would recommend reading this.

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https://twitter.com/BulIyville/status/1568259069009436674?t=5iDvihRifgjPeoOdtY1-_Q&s=19

One small addendum: Danesh had to rework and refile his restraining order on September 7 after the initial filing was sent back. The next day, Couture filed to terminate her probation and the anonymous article defending her appeared online.

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If you'd like to read this wild and twisted thread as a single post, you can do so here.

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threadreaderapp.com/thread/1568283…

Predictably, Joseph Camp has started texting me threats again in response to my reporting. Camp has sent me hundreds of messages, including death and rape threats.

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If you'd like to support my independent journalism, which unfortunately attracts harassment from people like Joseph Camp, consider chipping in to my Patreon, or one of the options available at the link in my bio.

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patreon.com/stevanzetti

Last note: Mr. Andy Ngo wrote his smear article about me only after Joey Camp started harassing me. Ngo used a photo of me with a gun to write about a bogus libel lawsuit I just beat. If he were indeed a journalist he would know that photo was a signal to would be harassers.

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After receiving horrible harassment from Camp and being targeted by Ngo for a smear article, I had to take steps to ensure I would be safe. I improved my home security. Later on, Camp seemed to complain that Andy Ngo had been taking info from him.

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https://twitter.com/stevanzetti/status/1561470871314776066?t=Ak7fRJre5E0859JXoOxsiw&s=19

In conclusion, facing harassment of this sort is unfortunately a part of my job, and anyone who thinks an extremism journalist in Texas wouldn't also own a gun and have proper trigger discipline is sorely mistaken. A basic self defense regime is a great deterrent.

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