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Topics: Politics, News, US News, Crime, Social Media, Charlie Kirk
Jen Thomas
Topics: Politics, News, US News, Crime, Social Media, Charlie Kirk
More than 50,000 people could find their personal information being shared on a new website designed to 'expose' people who 'celebrated' the assassination of Charlie Kirk.
The political activist was shot dead at Utah Valley University while he was answering questions about gun violence.
A 22-year-old student named Tyler Robinson was arrested 33 hours after the killing following a manhunt, and a weapon was retrieved with political messages and slogans written on the bullets and casings.
People soon took to social media to share their thoughts on the assassination of Kirk, who was the co-founder of Turning Point USA.
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Kirk died from a single gunshot wound to the neck, and neighbours who live near his accused killer have expressed their shock.
Now, it has been alleged that a website has been made gathering together all of the information of anyone who 'celebrated' the killing of the well-known speaker.
The website claims to 'expose Charlie’s murderers', and features a collection of pictures and screenshots of people who posted comments either apparently 'celebrating' the killing, or negative remarks about Kirk.
It reads: “Is an employee or a student of yours supporting political violence online? Look them up on this website.”
It comes after a Facebook page posting under the name 'Donald Trump For President' shared a post, writing: "BREAKING: A searchable database will soon be released exposing over 50,000 leftists who celebrated Charlie Kirk’s death, listing their names and employers. This is up from 40k. Big storm is brewing!"
Nobody knows who has set this website up, and not all of the posts on there appear to be celebratory, with many just talking about the political landscape in general.
The website is calling for members of the public to upload submissions featuring 'anyone celebrating Charlie’s death' and claims to have received more than 30,000 submissions already.
Alongside the pictures of the accused people is their location and employer, as well as what it is alleged they said about Kirk's death.
The makers say the plan is that the website will soon become a 'searchable database of all 20,000 submissions, filterable by general location and job industry.'
It continues: “This is a permanent and continuously-updating archive of Radical activists calling for violence,” however they insist it is not for 'doxxing purposes.'
Despite this, there have been posts on social media alleging that people have been suspended or fired from their job after being exposed for their comments.
These include a Secret Service agent, Anthony Pough, who wrote: "At the end of the day, you answer to GOD, and speak things into existence. You can only circumvent karma, she doesn’t leave."
MSNBC also fired a political analyst, Matthew Dowd for comments he made on air.
He said: "Hateful thoughts lead to hateful words, which then lead to hateful actions, and I think that is the environment we are in."
Dowd added: "You can't stop with these sort of awful thoughts you have and then saying these awful words and not expect awful actions to take place."
Donald Trump responded to the news of his sacking while speaking on Fox News: “They fired this guy, Dowd from (MSNBC), who’s a terrible guy, terrible human being, but they fired him. I hear they’re firing other people."
At the time of writing, it appears that the website host for the 'Expose Charlie's Murderers' site has taken it down, with many on X.com calling for it to be returned, and sharing screenshots and details of people on there instead.