Taylor Lorenz Defends Libs of TikTok Expose After Conservative Criticism

Taylor Lorenz Defends Libs of TikTok Expose After Conservative Criticism

Taylor Lorenz, the Washington Post journalist who revealed Chaya Raichik to be the woman behind the Libs of TikTok account, is defending her reporting practices amid an onslaught of online criticisms from conservatives, who have attacked Lorenz for publishing Raichik's name.

Shortly after a number of right-wing figures expressed their outrage on Twitter, Lorenz shared a meme suggesting that the "ring wing media" was misconstruing "the most basic reporting practices" to be "doxxing," a term used to describe the release of personal information that is publicly available and oftentimes used to harass, stalk or intimidate an individual.

On Tuesday, the Post published an expose by Lorenz in which she named Raichik to be the user behind a popular social media account that regularly targets liberals and accuses teachers of allegedly "grooming" and "indoctrinating" children on LGBT rights.