Social media activists are trolling a website that asks for tips on people breaking Texas’ new anti-abortion law by flooding it with fake reports, memes and pornography.
The pranksters have been anonymously flooding the abortion rights opponents website profilewhistleblower.com with false tips about politicians and cartoon stars, some with the hope of crashing the site, social media posts show.
Much of the ire has been aimed at Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, who signed the law that went into effect this month which bans most abortions after about the six-week mark of pregnancy.
“Wouldn’t it be so awful if we send in a bunch of fake tips and crashed the site, like Greg Abbott’s butt stinks?” TikTok user Victoria Hammett said in a video that showing her filling out a phony tip. “Spelt wrong of course because he deserves zero respect.”
Another user shared a video of her typing on a computer with the explanation: “Me, submitting 742 fake reports of Gov Abbott getting ab*rtions to flood the Ab*rtion reporting website.”
A caption with the post sarcastically adds, “It would be a shame if TikTok crashed the Profilewhistlelower.com website. Real shame.”
Users across social media have shared screenshots of their efforts to burden the website, saying they shared porn.
Others apparently used scripts to overburden the online portal. Some said the website had crashed, but the group behind the whistleblower site has denied this, according to reports.
The Texas Heartbeat Act allows citizens to take legal action against doctors and others involved in giving banned abortions. The site, run by the group Texas Right to Life, says it “will ensure that these lawbreakers are held accountable for their actions.”
A spokeswoman for Texas Right to Life said its members “are not afraid of the mob” in an email to The Post.
“We will not be silenced,” said Kimberly Schwartz, director of media and communications. “If anti-Lifers want to take our website down, we’ll put it back up. No one can keep us from telling the truth. No one can stop us from saving lives.”
The website will have to find a new web-hosting platform after GoDaddy found it violated terms of service, including a ban on websites to “collect or harvest” any personal information without a person’s consent.
“Last night we informed prolifewhistleblower.com they have violated GoDaddy’s terms of service and have 24 hours to move to a different provider,” spokesman Dan Race told The Post on Friday.
Schwartz said the IT team at the pro-life group will have the tip website restored within a day or two.
This is the latest round of Internet Age activism, reminiscent of when anti-Donald Trump social media users said they gobbled up tickets using fake signups to the former president’s Tulsa rally in June 2020. The arena appeared largely empty, which many apparent pranksters attributed to the fake signups.