An online group calling itself the Charlie Kirk Data Foundation is building a crowdsourced database of social media users accused of celebrating or mocking the death of the conservative activist. The group says its aim is to “clear out Leftwing Radicals” and “reshape the rank-and-file of America’s institutions,” claiming it has already logged more than 60,000 people.
According to posts on X, the database will be searchable by “general location, employer, and industry type,” though organizers deny they are “doxxing” individuals. They describe the project as “lawfully collecting publicly available data” for public education.
Free speech advocates warn the effort could chill debate. Jacob Mchangama, director of The Future of Free Speech, told Axios that while criticism of inflammatory remarks is fair, a searchable database designed to impose consequences “seems to be with the intention of essentially chilling speech.”
The controversy comes amid a wave of professional fallout linked to comments about Kirk’s assassination at a Utah college campus. MSNBC analyst Matthew Dowd and Washington Post columnist Karen Attiah both said they lost their jobs after making remarks tied to the killing, while teachers, professors, and local officials nationwide have faced discipline.
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