A profile of Kiwi Farms, a forum owned and operated by former 8chan admin Josh Moon, that has become synonymous with doxxing, swatting, and harassment campaigns
A trans streamer and a Republican congresswoman were targeted at their homes in the last month. Experts warn this is just the beginning.
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Context & Ripple Effects
The report landed as Cloudflare was defending its decision not to withdraw service over “despicable” content, a position that put infrastructure providers at the center of the dispute over Kiwi Farms. Days later, the company’s belated Kiwi Farms ban crystallized the argument that platform rules can struggle to address coordinated harm without explicit calls for violence.
Later coverage shows that losing Cloudflare did not end the forum’s presence: Kiwi Farms stayed online after the provider split, while posters also gathered on Telegram and Discord. The story therefore marks an early point in a longer fight involving activists, infrastructure firms, and the forum’s operator Josh Moon.
First-order effects
The reported targeting of people at their homes turns Kiwi Farms’ activity into an immediate safety issue for those singled out, rather than solely a dispute over offensive online speech.
Cloudflare’s decision to provide service to Kiwi Farms faces sharper scrutiny because the forum’s alleged harms are tied to doxxing, swatting, and offline targeting.
Second-order effects
Cloudflare’s subsequent removal of Kiwi Farms forces the forum to seek continuity beyond a single infrastructure provider, while its users’ movement to Telegram and Discord broadens the set of services facing moderation pressure.
Activists seeking to remove Kiwi Farms must pursue a distributed campaign across hosting, communications, and other service layers rather than treating one provider’s action as a final remedy.
Third-order effects
The later survival of Kiwi Farms after Cloudflare’s removal suggests that provider-by-provider enforcement can disperse harassment communities across services instead of eliminating their reach.
If this pattern persists, the practical boundary of platform responsibility will be set increasingly by coordinated action across infrastructure and communications services, not by a single host’s content policy.
The trend: Online-harassment enforcement is shifting from disputes over one platform’s rules to a multi-service struggle over whether deplatforming can meaningfully constrain resilient communities.
I've been covering bad parts of the internet for long time now. For years, there was one site extremist researchers warned me not to cover because publicizing it would be dangerous. But it's time people know KiwiFarms—and how they're chasing political enemies around the world.
@alexstamos
Alex Stamos on x
Cloudflare certainly isn't in a position to make post-by-post decisions in the same way as a social media site, and it's reasonable for them to have a high bar before retracting services. But when a forum is completely dedicated to causing harm to individuals, it is time to act.
@oneunderscore__
Ben Collins on x
Here's my story with @kattenbarge on KiwiFarms and how political terror will look going into 2024. They are weaponizing your data to terrorize political dissidents — and they're broadening what they view to be an enemy every day. I hope you read it. https://www.nbcnews.com/...
@slpng_giants_oz
@slpng_giants_oz on x
STOP!!! Dont just scroll past the below post - take the time to discover what evil can be perpetrated when haters and their websites go unchecked because... FREE SPEECH. @Cloudflare deserves condemnation for not acting sooner NOT praise for finally taking action. #Auspol https://…
@adamkinzinger
Adam Kinzinger on x
Please everyone read this. This will make you rightly angry. This is no different than nazi brown-shirts. This is 21st century terrorism and must be treated as such. Fear not. https://twitter.com/...
@projectlincoln
@projectlincoln on x
Kiwi Farms is an evil place where cowardly Ultra MAGAs go to bully and harass patriots. https://twitter.com/...
@b52malmet
Barbara Malmet on x
“At least three people have died by suicide after becoming targets of Kiwi Farms harassment campaigns, according to Vice” https://twitter.com/...
@jcameronpeters
Cameron Peters on x
One day after @oneunderscore__ and @kattenbarge reported about a potential expansion of Kiwi Farms' tactics and the growing danger the forum poses https://www.nbcnews.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@keahukahuanui
Keahu Kahuanui on x
Sites and organized harassment like this are already rampant; being used to terrorize politicians but also regular citizens to a horrifying, demoralizing and debilitating degree. If you're not worried about such data abuse and we don't legally curtail it, it will only get worse. …
@gossithedog
@gossithedog on x
Thread on Kiwifarms. Yesterday, Kiwifarms attempted to doxx me, posting an address and phone number for me, and then mocking my cybersecurity degree (I don't have one). I'm not trans. They're coming for you, and currently target @cloudflarehelp's customers who voice concern. http…
@esqueer_
Alejandra Caraballo on x
I spoke out and defended Clara Sorrenti aka keffals, and I was targeted by kiwi farms. They created a thread about me and doxed me. A user threatened to dox my mother if Joshua Moon made my thread public. He made my thread public and my mom was doxed. https://twitter.com/...
@jason_kint
Jason Kint on x
Imagine being compared unfavorably to 4chan and 8chan. “Brennan said that, while websites like 4chan and 8chan can pose substantial national security risks, 'what Moon is doing is worse, because he's actually targeting specific people. https://twitter.com/...
@radiobkg
Bradley George on x
“After her swatting, Sorrenti fled to a nearby hotel. Within hours, stalkers determined which hotel in her city had matching bed sheets from a photo Sorrenti tweeted of her cat...” https://twitter.com/...
@rothschildmd
Mike Rothschild on x
The future of political violence is a bunch of burgeoning serial killers openly conspiring about which of their “enemies” they'll destroy next, enabled by red pill-addled tech bros and influencers looking for cultists to bomb children's hospitals and buy their sweatshirts. https:…