Amy Mek
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Born | Amy Jane Mekelburg 1972 or 1973 (age 51–52) |
Nationality | American |
Education | University of Rhode Island |
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Years active | 2013–present |
Website | rairfoundation |
Amy Mekelburg (born 1972 or 1973), known online as Amy Mek, is an American
Background
Mekelburg is
Twitter account
She began her Twitter account in 2013, and had gained 200,000 followers by 2018, with endorsements from figures such as
She also founded the Resistance Against Islamic Radicals (RAIR) organization to advance her views,[1][3] identifying as part of the counter-jihad movement.[7] The organization was later renamed to Rise Align Ignite Reclaim, or RAIR Foundation, with Chris Gaubatz as its president.[8]
Mekelburg's identity was revealed in 2018 by HuffPost journalist Luke O'Brien.
Mekelburg has later been active interviewing notable critics of Islam, and reuploading videos related to exposing "the truth" about Islam.[3] She received a blue checkmark for her Twitter account in 2022, following the acquisition of Twitter by Elon Musk.[18] In 2023, Elon Musk personally responded to a post by Mekelburg showing a video of a Muslim imam who promoted jihad in France which the imam said would make it an Islamic country, with "He is right".[4]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k O'Brien, Luke (June 1, 2018) [May 31, 2018]. "Trump's Loudest Anti-Muslim Twitter Troll Is A Shady Vegan Married To An (Ousted) WWE Exec". HuffPost.
- ^ ISBN 9781108428026.
- ^ doi:10.21428/7808da6b.45957184 (inactive 2024-05-29).)
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: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of May 2024 (link - ^ a b Li, Roland (July 4, 2023). "Elon Musk supports limiting the rights of nonparents to vote". San Francisco Chronicle.
- ^ Erwin, Maureen (March 30, 2017). "Searching for proof of Amy". San Francisco Examiner. Archived from the original on March 30, 2017.
- ^ Erwin, Maureen (November 23, 2017). "Twitter still turning blind eye to abusive bots". San Francisco Examiner.
- ^ @AmyMek (November 26, 2020). "Counter-Jihad fighters like myself have been receiving these same threats for years..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Unmasked anti-Muslim troll Amy Mekelburg connected to Chris Gaubatz". Southern Poverty Law Center. June 12, 2018.
- ^ Bauman, Nick (June 8, 2018) [June 5, 2018]. "A HuffPost Reporter Was Bombarded With Threats. Twitter Suspended Him". HuffPost.
- ^ Wilson, Jason (June 14, 2018). "Doxxing, assault, death threats: the new dangers facing US journalists covering extremism". The Guardian.
- ^ Crowley, Chris (June 1, 2018). "How a Brooklyn Beer Bar Got Caught Up in a Story About a Hate-Spewing Twitter Troll". Grub Street.
- ^ Wilson, Michael (June 6, 2018). "An Online Agitator, a Social Media Exposé and the Fallout in Brooklyn". The New York Times.
- ^ O'Hara, Andres (June 7, 2018). "Should A Brooklyn Cafe Suffer Because The Owner's Sister Is A Popular Islamophobe?". Gothamist.
- ^ Blair, Taylor; Shah, Paras; Korde-Samos, Roona (December 21, 2021). "Podcast: The Ethics of AmyMek". The Click. American Journalism Online Master’s Program at the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute at NYU.
- ^ Head, Jason (2018). "Case Study: Doxing and Digital Journalism". Media Ethics. 29 (2) (Spring 2018 ed.).
- ^ Kupfer, Theodore (June 8, 2018). "Doxing the Doxer's Doxer". National Review.
- ^ Cristina, López G. (June 1, 2018). "After HuffPost profile of anti-Muslim Twitter crusader, 4chan trolls begin organizing database of "leftist journos"". Media Matters for America.
- ^ Wilson, Jason (November 16, 2022). "Twitter Blesses Extremists With Paid 'Blue Checks'". Southern Poverty Law Center.
External links
- Official website
- Amy Mek on X