Harassment

Washington Post lies in defense of Taylor Lorenz

The Washington Post is defending a widely criticized article that "exposed" the creator of the viral Twitter account, "Libs of TikTok." The article, published Monday, was authored by tech reporter Taylor Lorenz, who has come under fire for her questionable journalistic ethics. Lorenz used information sourced by a former Twitter employee to reveal the identity of the Libs of TikTok account owner, who chose to operate the account anonymously and is otherwise a private citizen. The Post reporter even showed up to the home of the account owner's relatives and harassed a random Instagram user with a similar name, asserting that she was going to be "implicated as starting a hate campaign against LGBTQ people.

Taylor Lorenz attends VidCon 2019