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'Doxxing is not free speech': UofU students demand accountability amid investigation over 'Kirk-iversary' cake and harassment

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SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — Members of the University of Utah community are continuing to butt heads over alleged doxxing and threats over political differences. On September 10, the one-year anniversary of the murder of Conservative influencer Charlie Kirk, a student reportedly came up to a College Republicans booth with a cake that read "Happy Kirkiversary."

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