The 2017 “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, shook the world. It was a pointed, violent, and morbidly proud display of racism in the United States. Many left-wing activists took to social media to doxx the participants, arguing that if they were so proud of their beliefs, the communities they were a part of should know as well. One of those participants was Andrew Dodson. 

Dodson was a right-wing activist, though not one affiliated with the KKK or similar groups. After his identity was doxxed online, he became the target of online hate and was fired from his job. He died not long after that. 

Although the cause of his death was never officially released, many people speculated that the harassment he was receiving pushed him to commit suicide. 

In an interview with The New Republic, left-wing, anti-fascist activist Daryle Lamond Jenkins said:

“‘If he did commit suicide after being doxxed, my attitude is: Thank you,’...Doxxing, public shaming, loss of employment, even death—all are the price you should be prepared to pay for racist behavior, according to Jenkins” (Tenold, 2018).

In 2020, former Disney star Skai Jackson pledged to fight against racism by exposing the identities of people her followers claimed were racist. However, she came under fire after she doxxed two pre-teens. In a since deleted Tweet, she released their full names, high school, and phone numbers to her followers. In a subsequent Tweet, she asked her followers to stop commenting on "Dylan's" page. The person who sent her his information gave her the wrong name.