Merriam-Webster says that to “dox” is “to publicly identify or publish private information about (someone) especially as a form of punishment or revenge.”
Here is a sentence to illustrate the usage: The person behind the popular Twitter account “Libs of TikTok” — featuring video clips of left-wingers talking about their crazy agendas, thereby confirming the crazy left-wing agendas that mainstream media often pretend don’t exist — has been doxxed by the Washington Post.
Well, the doxxer, Taylor Lorenz — the notorious and teary-eyed reporter on the social media beat — did not act alone. At least one Post editor must have okayed her action.
Not so long ago, Lorenz claimed to oppose online “harassment” (criticism), lamenting that she was a victim of it in consequence of her brave work as a left-wing smear artist. But then, in a smear-laden Post column, she revealed the identity of the hitherto anonymous publisher of Libs of Tik Tok, even including a link to private information about her day job.
The link has since been deleted.
For now, Libs of Tik Tok, bane of progressives for heretically showcasing their very own words, is still on Twitter. (Although the publisher suspects that it’s “a matter of time before I get suspended.”)
The other good news is that even if the LoTT creator loses her nine-to-five job as a result of being Post-doxxed, she’s now got another remunerative position. Babylon Bee CEO Seth Dillon says he’s made a deal with her “that will turn her heroic, high-risk work into a career.”
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Has anyone doxxed Lorenz yet?
As the old saying goes; what goes around comes around.