Taylor Lorenz, the Washington Put up journalist who revealed Chaya Raichik to be the girl behind the Libs of TikTok account, is defending her reporting practices amid an onslaught of on-line criticisms from conservatives, who've attacked Lorenz for publishing Raichik's title.

Shortly after various right-wing figures expressed their outrage on Twitter, Lorenz shared a meme suggesting that the "ring wing media" was misconstruing "probably the most fundamental reporting practices" to be "doxxing," a time period used to explain the discharge of private info that's publicly obtainable and oftentimes used to harass, stalk or intimidate a person.

On Tuesday, the Put up revealed an expose by Lorenz wherein she named Raichik to be the person behind a well-liked social media account that repeatedly targets liberals and accuses academics of allegedly "grooming" and "indoctrinating" youngsters on LGBT rights.

"Libs of TikTok's affect spreads far past its followers," Lorenz wrote. "It has turn into an agenda-setter in right-wing media, and the content material it surfaces reveals a direct correlation with the current push in laws and rhetoric instantly focusing on the LGBTQ+ group."

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Taylor Lorenz defended her reporting on the Libs of TikTok social media account on Tuesday after conservatives attacked her for revealing the person's identification. Lorenz and John Inexperienced attend VidCon 2019 at Anaheim Conference Heart on July 13, 2019 in Anaheim, California.Jerod Harris/Stringer

On Twitter, Raichik claimed that the publication of the story resulted within the harassment of her household and her having to be "holed up in a protected location."

Whereas many on the appropriate used Raichik's issues for security to criticize Lorenz's work, the journalist argued that Raichik had extra duty than the common public citizen, citing the account's large on-line following.

"Raichik is not just a few common girl w/ a social media account, she's a robust influencer working a massively impactful proper wing media shaping the discourse round LGBTQ+ rights," Lorenz tweeted, including that "Zero folks concerned on this story are remotely near youngsters. Not everybody w/ a social media acct is a teen!"

Lorenz additionally mentioned that she used each instrument obtainable to her in an effort to "guarantee [she] had the right girl."

Different reporters—together with NBC's Brandy Zadrozny, Gimlet's Alex Goldman, Vice Information' Trone Dowd and The Metropolis's Nicholas Dawes—got here to Lorenz's protection on Tuesday, citing the usage of personal investigators by different publications in circumstances just like the Harvey Weinstein sexual assault allegations.

Mashable's Matt Binder additionally pointed to the truth that Raichik's identification had been confirmed by unbiased journalist Glenn Greenwald earlier than the Put up revealed Lorenz's story.

"[A]ll the information within the Libs of TikTok piece was already publicly obtainable on-line. however Taylor had one factor that nobody else had which made the report attainable...Glenn Greenwald by chance confirming their identification lol," Binder tweeted.

Lorenz mentioned that whereas a lot of the discourse round her story was targeted on the "hurt" she allegedly precipitated Raichik, she hoped readers would perceive the larger image of her reporting and the real-life influence Raichik's nameless posts had on on a regular basis folks.

"Numerous convo in regards to the 'hurt' of protecting a robust on-line determine, however not a lot abt the hurt executed to the common LGBTQ+ ppl the acct seeks to drive out of colleges and public life. I hope folks learn this complete story and perceive this account's influence," she mentioned.

Newsweek reached out to Lorenz and the Washington Put up for remark.