An X account has vanished. The account, called “Big Time Charlie”, was deactivated after Hope Not Hate named Tom Watson as the person allegedly behind a doxxing campaign targeting the RNLI, anti-racism activists and business executives.
Watson is the founder of Futura Energy Group, a recruitment firm. The account had almost 50,000 followers and became prominent as RNLI staff faced harassment and attacks online, while its history included racist comments and posts aimed at people involved in hiring minority ethnic staff.
The allegations place the account at the centre of a campaign that used personal information as a weapon. Its targets included Chantelle Lunt, a Green party councillor in Merseyside, whose details appeared on a spreadsheet published by the account.
Lunt said she reported the incident to the police after learning that her information had been published. “Someone told me that I had been doxxed and when I went to look I saw that details about me appeared to be on a spreadsheet which included reference to other people who were involved in Stand Up to Racism,” she said.
From LinkedIn data to a “Traitorbase”
The account appeared to have used AI to scrape data from LinkedIn and other sites, building what it called a “Traitorbase”. That detail matters because it suggests a system for collecting and organising information, not just a stream of angry posts assembled one at a time.
The account also posted photographs and names of executives involved in hiring minority ethnic staff. One businessperson targeted by the account described the doxxing as “bizarre”, an understated verdict for finding personal details repackaged as political ammunition.
A charity targeted by the account described the incident as an attempt to spread misinformation and sow discord. Its spokesperson said: “This is another example of a cynical attempt to spread misinformation that has unfortunately gone unchecked on social media platforms. This is an attempt to sow discord and division among communities and prevent organisations trying to help the most vulnerable communities in this country from operating at their full potential.”
Political links and a sudden shutdown
“Big Time Charlie” praised MP Rupert Lowe and claimed to have donated £2,500 to Lowe’s Restore Britain party. The account also joined Lowe’s “Cromwell Club” for donors, adding a political connection to a campaign that had already targeted the RNLI, activists and recruitment executives.
Hope Not Hate named Watson, and the account was deactivated shortly afterwards. The timing does not settle the allegation, but it leaves the account’s disappearance alongside claims about its operator, its political activity and its use of scraped personal data.
The episode also shows how social media accounts can turn scattered online information into a target list. LinkedIn and other sites may hold the original details, but the account appeared to have combined them into a “Traitorbase” before publishing spreadsheets, photographs and names for its audience.
For the people named, the consequences were not confined to arguments on X. Lunt went to the police, a charity said the campaign threatened organisations helping vulnerable communities, and a businessperson called the targeting “bizarre”. An account with almost 50,000 followers gave those posts reach; deactivation removed the profile, not the claims or the information already exposed.
