{"id":2736,"date":"2025-09-14T01:37:24","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T01:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2025\/09\/14\/far-right-groups-are-doxxing-online-critics-after-charlie-kirks-death\/"},"modified":"2025-09-14T01:37:24","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T01:37:24","slug":"far-right-groups-are-doxxing-online-critics-after-charlie-kirks-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2025\/09\/14\/far-right-groups-are-doxxing-online-critics-after-charlie-kirks-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Far-right groups are doxxing online critics after Charlie Kirk\u2019s death"},"content":{"rendered":"<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>A coordinated online doxxing campaign has emerged in the wake of right-wing activist <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/9\/11\/who-was-charlie-kirk-what-we-know-about-the-shooting-and-the-suspect\">Charlie Kirk\u2019s<\/a> killing, targeting academics, teachers, government employees and others who have posted critical remarks about him.<\/p>\n<p>At least 15 people have been fired or suspended from their jobs after discussing the killing online, according to a Reuters tally on Saturday based on interviews, public statements and local press reports. The total includes journalists, academic workers and teachers.<\/p>\n<section>\n<h2>Recommended Stories <\/h2>\n<p><span>list of 3 items<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>list 1 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/video\/the-take-2\/2025\/9\/12\/aje-onl-usa_charliekirk_av_v2-120925\">What Charlie Kirk\u2019s death says about political division in the US<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 2 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/9\/13\/suspect-in-charlie-kirk-killing-caught-in-us-widow-vows-to-carry-on-legacy\">Suspect in Charlie Kirk killing caught in US; widow vows to carry on legacy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 3 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/video\/newsfeed\/2025\/9\/13\/one-of-us-utah-governors-remark-on-charlie-kirk-suspect-criticised\">\u2018One of us\u2019, Utah governor\u2019s remark on Charlie Kirk suspect criticised<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>On Friday,\u00a0a junior Nasdaq employee was fired\u00a0over her posts related to\u00a0Kirk.<\/p>\n<p>Others have been subjected to torrents of online abuse or seen their offices flooded with calls demanding they be fired, part of\u00a0a surge in right-wing rage\u00a0that has followed the killing.<\/p>\n<p>Chaya Raichik, who runs the right-wing \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2024\/3\/14\/why-has-the-us-passed-a-bill-to-ban-tiktok-and-whats-next\">Libs of TikTok<\/a>\u201d account and is known for her anti-immigrant activism, is at the forefront of the campaign. She has shared names, photos and workplace details of individuals who expressed little sympathy for Kirk\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<p>In one case, Raichik targeted a lecturer at California State University, Monterey Bay, who reportedly wrote in an Instagram story: \u201cI cannot muster much sympathy, truly. People are going to argue \u2018He has a family, he has a wife and kids.\u2019 What about all the kids, the many broken families from the over 258 school shootings 2020\u2013present?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Raichik reposted the lecturer\u2019s photo, accusing him of mocking Kirk\u2019s assassination.<\/p>\n<p>The lecturer has not commented, but several teachers across the United States \u2013 including in California, Florida, Iowa, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, North Carolina, South Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon and Texas \u2013 have been suspended or dismissed over similar online remarks. Union leaders condemned Kirk\u2019s killing, but also warned against punishing educators for free speech.<\/p>\n<p>Raichik has also targeted members of the military. One Coast Guard employee is under investigation after posting a meme saying he did not care about Kirk\u2019s death. A former Twitter worker was also singled out for criticising the New York Yankees for holding a moment of silence for Kirk.<\/p>\n<p>A newly registered site, \u201cExpose Charlie\u2019s Murderers,\u201d has 41 names of people it alleges were \u201csupporting political violence online\u201d and claims to be working on a backlog of more than 20,000 submissions.<\/p>\n<p>A Reuters review of the screenshots and comments posted to the site shows that some of those featured joked about or celebrated Kirk\u2019s death. One was quoted as saying, \u201cHe got what he deserved\u201d, and others were quoted providing variations on \u201ckarma\u2019s a bitch.\u201d Others, however, were critical of the far-right figure while explicitly denouncing violence.<\/p>\n<p>Some institutions have already taken disciplinary action. Middle Tennessee State University dismissed an assistant dean after she wrote: \u201cLooks like ol\u2019Charlie spoke his fate into existence. Hate begets hate. ZERO sympathy.\u201d The comment referred to Kirk\u2019s 2023 defence of gun violence, in which he argued: \u201cI think it\u2019s worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment \u2026 That is a prudent deal. It is rational.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Even quoting that remark has been enough for some to be targeted.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Republican response<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Some Republicans want to go further still and have proposed deporting Kirk\u2019s critics from the US, suing them into penury or banning them from social media for life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPrepare to have your whole future professional aspirations ruined if you are sick enough to celebrate his death,\u201d said conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer, a prominent ally of Trump and one of several far-right figures who are organising digital campaigns on X to ferret out and publicly shame Kirk\u2019s critics.<\/p>\n<p>The wave of firings and suspensions has raised concerns over free expression, while far-right activists celebrate what they see as a campaign of accountability.<\/p>\n<p>US lawmaker Clay Higgins said in a post on X that anyone who \u201cran their mouth with their smart**s hatred celebrating the heinous murder of that beautiful young man\u201d needed to be \u201cbanned from ALL PLATFORMS FOREVER.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The US Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau said on the same site\u00a0that he had been disgusted to \u201csee some on social media praising, rationalizing, or making light of the event, and have directed our consular officials to undertake appropriate action.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Republicans\u2019 anger at those disrespecting Kirk\u2019s legacy contrasts with the mockery some of the same figures \u2013 including Kirk \u2013 directed at past victims of political violence.<\/p>\n<p>For example, when former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi\u2019s husband, Paul, was clubbed over the head by a hammer-wielding conspiracy theorist during a break-in at their San Francisco home shortly before the 2022 midterm elections, Higgins posted a photo making fun of the attack. He later deleted the post.<\/p>\n<p>Loomer\u00a0falsely suggested\u00a0that Paul Pelosi and his assailant were lovers, calling the brutal assault on the octogenarian a \u201cbooty call gone wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to a television audience a few days after the attack, a grinning\u00a0Kirk\u00a0called for the intruder to be sprung from jail.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf some amazing patriot out there in San Francisco or the Bay Area wants to really be a midterm hero, someone should go and bail this guy out,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A coordinated online doxxing campaign has emerged in the wake of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk\u2019s killing, targeting academics, teachers, government employees and others who have posted critical remarks about him. At least 15 people have been fired or suspended from their jobs after discussing the killing online, according to a Reuters tally on Saturday based &#8230; <a title=\"Far-right groups are doxxing online critics after Charlie Kirk\u2019s death\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2025\/09\/14\/far-right-groups-are-doxxing-online-critics-after-charlie-kirks-death\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Far-right groups are doxxing online critics after Charlie Kirk\u2019s death\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2737,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2736"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2736\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}