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App for outing Charlie Kirk’s critics leaked its users’ personal data
An app for anonymously reporting individuals accused of speaking ill against conservative Charlie Kirk leaked personal data about its users.
Cancel the Hate highlights a particular interest in medical professionals, “whose conduct could endanger patients,” the website says, as well as public officials, business owners, entertainers, influencers, teachers and education administrators. Cancel the Hate was founded by conservative activist Jason Sheppard, who is best known for selling fentanyl testing kits with comedian Roseanne Barr, vaccine skeptic Dr. Robert Malone and right-wing journalist Lara Logan. Although email addresses were included in profile bios by default, seemingly unbeknownst to many of the platform’s users, the data could still be exposed even if privacy settings were enabled to keep it hidden.
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