By Kelly X. Hui

It seems like Canary Mission, the shadowy pro-Israel doxxing operation that has targeted pro-Palestinian voices for nearly a decade, will finally have its day in court. Last month, the Chicago chapter of the Council On American Islamic Relations (CAIR Chicago) filed a landmark federal lawsuit against the blacklisting website—it is the first time Canary Mission has been sued. 

CAIR Chicago is representing Kinza Khan, a 34-year-old Pakistani woman who was doxxed after a tense encounter with Wayne Levinson, who is named alongside Canary Mission a co-defendant in the complaint. In November, Khan and her friend stopped on a busy street in Chicago to examine a light pole covered with “Kidnapped by Hamas” posters. When a stranger, another white man, began to remove the posters with a knife, Levinson targeted Khan and her friend, leaving his vehicle and yelling slurs. He began to film the two, getting dangerously close to their faces. Both parties called the police, and Khan and her friend retreated to a nearby grocery store. Levinson posted his video on Instagram. When she woke up the next day she found she had gone viral. Her Canary Mission profile was up within a week.

The complaint contains over a hundred pages of evidence of the online harassment Khan faced, including many threats of rape and other forms of violence. Zionist users found her workplace, where she represents survivors of domestic violence. They got her phone number, and she received calls non-stop. One ominous DM read: We will find you, don’t worry. “I was scared of going outside,” Khan told me.