Thot Audit (#ThotAudit)
Thot Audit (#ThotAudit)
Thot Audit, better known as #ThotAudit on Twitter, is a movement, mostly made of men's rights advocates as well as incels, to report online sex workers to the Internal Revenue Service. [1] The controversy surrounds whether online sex workers who services such as offering premium snapchats, selling sexual explicit pictures, and more report these activities as income. [1]
Overview
Posts from David Wu that sparked the Thot Audit
LET'S FUCKING GO BROTHERS RISE OFFICERS!
RISE!
MUHAHAHAHAHA LET'S REPORT THEM TO THE FORBIDDEN FORCE USE THESE LINKS TO LEARN HOW TO REPORT ANY OF THEM:
His initial Facebook post was shared over 17k times.
[2] One of the earliest commentators about the #thotaudit was manosphere writer Roosh V who encouraged his followers to report sex workers to the IRS, noting that one can receive an up to a 30% reward of the reported amount for whistleblowing. [1] The hashtag #thotaudit would go viral on Twitter and spark debate about the tax liabilities of sex workers. In addition, a number of memes would be created surrounding the #thotaudit. [1]
Thot Auditors
Twitter user 0biJon created the ThotBot
Since David Wu, a number of different accounts on social media have started to report online sex workers.
@0biJon created a ThotBot which automatically reports users that violate PayPal's terms of service.
[5] The YouTube account DJOHNY created a tutorial video titled "How To Report A Snapchat THOT To The IRS #ThotAudit".
[5] A number of other thot auditors have begun to appear as well.