‘Doxxing truck’ drives around Harvard showing names, photos of students who blamed Israel for Hamas attacks
A “doxxing truck” is driving around the campus of Harvard University with digital billboards that display the names and photos of students who allegedly signed a letter blaming Israel for Hamas’ violent attack that killed more than 1,200 people over the weekend.
Giant video screens hung on the sides and back of the truck display the words “Harvard’s Leading Antisemites” in gothic script over a slideshow of Ivy Leaguers’ headshots and names in bold, red block letters, according to photos on social media.
Nonprofit news watchdog Accuracy in Media was behind the truck, which showed the students involved in the 34 student groups that signed a letter saying Israel is “entirely responsible” for Hamas’ deadly attack on Saturday.
The truck’s surprise appearance around campus on Wednesday “was the first day [of a] multi-day, multi-pronged campaign involving multiple billboards and a variety of other tactics,” Accuracy in Media president Adam Guillette told The Post.
The group deployed the truck because it’s “incredibly important to know who the hateful antisemites are in our society. And it’s important for people to know that their actions have consequences,” Guillette said in an interview with The Post.
“Our mobile billboards will be at Harvard for the foreseeable future,” he said, noting that Accuracy in Media “never violates any laws.”
Photos of the truck shared on social media blocked out the names and photos of the students.
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The vehicle also displayed the website HarvardHatesJews.com, which leads to a forum that encourages users to send an email to members of Harvard’s board of trustees.
“Tell them to take action against these despicable, hateful students,” the website says.
It also offers a pre-written message to send the board, which reads: “As an overseer at Harvard, you have a moral obligation to take a stand against the antisemites on campus who issued a statement in support of Hamas,” and urges these high-ranking staffers to “expel these students and kick their organizations off campus immediately.”
The truck has drawn fierce criticism on social media, including from Harvard professor Jason Furman, who condemned the letter, but seemed to think the truck takes it too far.
“Two wrongs do not make a right. Publishing lists of students and personal information under the headings ‘terrorist,’ ‘genocidal murderer’ and ‘anti semite’ is just wrong in any circumstance,” Furman tweeted in a long-winded thread on X on Wednesday.
To that, Guillette said: “Antisemites who publicly sign antisemitic proclamations shouldn’t be surprised when people don’t like what they said.”
“If they’re ashamed of what they’ve done, they should apologize and we’ll take their names down. If they’re proud, then they should thank us for amplifying their message.”
Bill Ackman, a Harvard grad and hedge fund manager with a $3.5 billion net worth, was quick to call on his alma mater to release a list of the members of the dozens of student groups involved in the letter.
“I have been asked by a number of CEOs if Harvard would release a list of the members of each of the Harvard organizations that have issued the letter assigning sole responsibility for Hamas’ heinous acts to Israel, so as to insure that none of us inadvertently hire any of their members,” Ackman, founder of hedge fund giant Pershing Square Capital Management, wrote on his X social media account on Tuesday.
“If, in fact, their members support the letter they have released, the names of the signatories should be made public so their views are publicly known.”
“One should not be able to hide behind a corporate shield when issuing statements supporting the actions of terrorists, who, we now learn, have beheaded babies, among other inconceivably despicable acts,” he added.
As of Tuesday evening, at least four websites had listed the personal information of the students linked to the clubs that co-signed the letter, which did not explicitly condemn Hamas, according to campus newspaper the Harvard Crimson.
Personal identifiable information included full names, graduating years, past employment, social media profiles and hometowns, per the campus paper, though as of Wednesday morning, at least two of the sites had been yanked from the internet for violating Google’s terms of service.
Harvard’s executive vice president Meredith Weenick on Wednesday also released a statement notifying its staff and students that the “Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) has stepped up its security presence on campus.”
“I write tonight to assure you that the University takes seriously the safety and wellbeing of every member of our community. We do not condone or ignore intimidation. We do not condone or ignore threats or acts of harassment or violence,” Weenick added.
Representatives for Harvard did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment.
Meanwhile, at least a dozen business executives have since endorsed Ackman’s call to refuse to hire the members of these student groups, including Jonathan Newman, CEO of salad chain Sweetgreen, and David Duel, the chief of health care services firm EasyHealth.
In the wake of the backlash from business titans, a flurry of Harvard students desperately tried to walk back their support of the letter, which was originally penned by the Harvard Undergraduate Palestine Solidarity Committee, the Harvard Crimson reported.
Accuracy in Media has been updating a rolling list of Harvard student organizations and its members who continue to support “the letter and its inflammatory claims,” which the watchdog said it “independently confirmed,” though it’s unclear how.
Thirty-four student groups at Harvard signed the letter, though five of them have officially renounced their affiliation with the missive.
Amnesty International at Harvard, Harvard College Act on a Dream, the Harvard Undergraduate Nepali Student Association, the Harvard Islamic Society, and Harvard Undergraduate Ghungroo all withdrew their endorsements, according to the Harvard Crimson.
The student groups that initially signed the letters are African American Resistance Organization, Bengali Association of Students at Harvard College, Harvard Act on a Dream, Harvard Arab Medical and Dental Student Association, Harvard Chan Muslim Student Association, Harvard Chan Students for Health Equity and Justice in Palestine, Harvard College Pakistan Student Association, Harvard Divinity School Muslim Association, Harvard Middle Eastern and North African Law Student Association, Harvard Graduate School of Education Islamic Society, Harvard Graduate Students for Palestine, Harvard Islamic Society, Harvard Law School Justice for Palestine, Harvard Divinity School Students for Justice in Palestine, Harvard Jews for Liberation, Harvard Kennedy School Bangladesh Caucus, Harvard Kennedy School Muslim Caucus, Harvard Kennedy School Muslim Women’s Caucus, Harvard Kennedy School Palestine Caucus, Harvard Muslim Law School Association, Harvard Pakistan Forum, Harvard Prison Divest Coalition, Harvard South Asian Law Students Association, Harvard South Asians for Forward-Thinking Advocacy and Research, Harvard TPS Coalition, Harvard Undergraduate Arab Women’s Collective, Harvard Undergraduate Ghungroo, Harvard Undergraduate Muslim Women’s Medical Alliance, Harvard Undergraduate Nepali Students Association, Harvard Undergraduate Palestine Solidarity Committee, Middle East and North African Graduate School of Design Student Society, Neighbor Program Cambridge, Sikhs and Companions of Harvard Undergraduates, and Society of Arab Students.
