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Social Media Posts After Charlie Kirk S Death Lead To Firings Woai

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social media posts after charlie kirk s death lead to firings woai

Scrolling through social media during a work break, Alexandra realized she was going to lose her new job. An X account with over 500,000 followers had reposted a screenshot of a Facebook post she'd made about slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk. "You log onto Twitter and you see half a million people following a page, including Elon Musk. They're saying, you better fire this person," said Alexandra. "I knew that they were going to fire me because of the pressure by the mob." The X account also named Alexandra and her employer.

NPR is not naming the X account and also only using Alexandra's middle name because she is concerned about her safety. Less than three hours after the X post about her, Alexandra's employer fired her via email. There was no conversation, Alexandra said. She had started the cybersecurity job just two weeks before. The posts were shared on their private social media accounts. Dozens of educators and faculty members at K-12 schools, colleges and universities across the country were fired after they made comments about the deadly Sept.

10 shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Several of these people filed federal lawsuits challenging their terminations, which they say were for posts on their personal social media accounts. In the complaints, which were obtained by ABC News, the educators each allege that their First Amendment right to free speech was violated. In South Carolina, former teacher aide Lauren Vaughn filed a federal lawsuit against the Spartanburg County School District Five, the board and the superintendent. As the nation grapples with the Sept. 10 assassination of Charlie Kirk, some people have found themselves out of a job for their response to the violence.

Public figures, academics and everyday business owners have faced consequences for comments and social media posts that contained celebrations or other musings that attracted swift condemnation. A similar phenomenon happened in the wake of the assassination attempt on President Donald Trump, who in 2024 was campaigning for office. The backlash continued on Sept. 13, with reports of a Secret Service agent, Office Depot worker, junior Nasdaq employee and a U.S. Marine all on leave or fired in recent days. "No matter how private your life is, everybody has an audience," said Karen North, a professor of digital social media at the University of Southern California and a psychologist, told USA TODAY in 2024...

"And there’s always an audience for people misbehaving." Mourners have honored Kirk as a leader in the conservative movement. Individuals who have posted social media content about Charlie Kirk risk losing their jobs. According to multiple media reports, pilots, teachers and professors are among those who have been fired or suspended after discussing Kirk's murder online. While there has been an outpouring of grief from his supporters after Kirk, 31, was fatally shot at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, on Wednesday during a question-and-answer session on campus, there have... The reports of people being fired over their social media content have also raised questions about the line between free speech and permitting hateful content online.

A Reuters report on Saturday claimed that at least 15 people have been fired or suspended from their jobs because of posting about Kirk online. An NPR report said the number is 33. Attorney Dan Gerl joins LiveNOW's Austin Westfall to discuss what may come next in the investigation into Charlie Kirk's assassination. In the wake of Charlie Kirk’s murder, teachers, professors and principals across the nation are being fired or placed on leave for sharing "inappropriate" and "senseless" posts on social media about his death. From Tennessee to California, some educators have found themselves out of a job "effectively immediately." A memorial for political activist Charlie Kirk stands on the grounds of Utah Valley University on September 13, 2025 in Orem, Utah.

(Photo by Chet Strange/Getty Images) In Texas, the Klein Independent School District announced Friday that an employee was fired for "senseless and completely unacceptable remarks" on social media about Kirk’s murder. Dozens of social media posts and messages about the murder of Charlie Kirk, including some that celebrated his death, are being spotlighted by conservative activists, Republican elected officials and a doxxing website as part... Prominent far-right influencer Laura Loomer, a US senator, and a site called “Expose Charlie’s Murderers” have all drawn attention to people who have posted messages about Kirk’s Wednesday assassination. The campaigns show how social media posts or personal messages — even by accounts with few followers or from people who are not public figures — could easily be surfaced and publicized, and people’s... The Charlie’s Murderers site, whose domain was registered anonymously and which says it is not a doxxing site, claimed it has “received nearly 30,000 submissions,” according to a message on the site’s front page...

At the time there were a few dozen submissions published on the site. “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.” As of Monday, the site was taken down after accepting donations in cryptocurrency. An X account with more than 100,000 followers claiming to be controlled by the “political operatives” behind the site said it had rebranded as the “Charlie Kirk Data Foundation” but does not feature the... That site was also taken down later that day.

In the days since the assassination of conservative figure Charlie Kirk, institutions from airlines to schools have moved quickly to discipline employees accused of celebrating or mocking his death, a reflection of the charged... On the right, some have called for the aggressive punishment of anyone seen condoning his assassination. Former adviser to President Donald Trump and right-wing podcaster Steve Bannon called for mass arrests and a crackdown on universities, while Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has directed staff to identify and discipline service members... Kirk was one of the right’s most prominent and polarizing voices. He built his following by amplifying the false claim that the 2020 election was stolen and by railing against what he called “woke” culture. His comments on race, feminism, LGBTQ rights and immigration often drew sharp criticism, sparking campus protests when he visited and making him a lighting rod for mockery and inspiration.

Kirk was the 31-year-old co-founder of conservative youth organization Turning Point USA, a nonprofit that promotes conservative politics on high school and college campuses nationwide. He was fatally shot Wednesday during an event at Utah Valley University. Officials on Friday identified 22-year-old Tyler Robinson, now in custody, as a suspect in his murder.

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