Charlie Kirk's assassination has ignited numerous controversies, and the latest one is a coordinated online doxxing campaign.
According to Al Jazeera, a new organised online campaign has emerged in which personal information of the people who shared critical posts about right-wing activists has been shared online.
The online campaign led by far-right influencer Laura Loomer, a US senator, and a site called “Expose Charlie’s Murderers” targeted people who posted critical remarks about Kirk’s killing, whether they are public figures or have limited social media presence.
The anonymously registered Charlie’s Murderers site, which claims that it is not a doxxing site, on Saturday, September 13, said that it has received nearly 30,000 submissions.
The website that has so far shared only several dozen submissions said, “This website will soon be converted into a searchable database of all 30,000 submissions, filterable by general location and job industry. This is a permanent and continuously updating archive of radical activists calling for violence.”
Meanwhile, Loomer, soon after Turning Point USA founder’s assassination on Wednesday, wrote on X, “I will be spending my night making everyone I find online who celebrates his death famous, so prepare to have your whole future professional aspirations ruined if you are sick enough to celebrate his death.”
As a result of the online harassment campaign, at least 15 people, including journalists, academic workers and teachers, have been fired from their jobs for sharing messages or celebratory posts about Kirk's assassination.
As per a USA Today report, some of the employees who lost their jobs include an MSNBC host, Middle Tennessee State University's former assistant dean of students, the Carolina Panthers' communications coordinator, and a Cincinnati restaurant that lost a contract due to a social media post.
