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When growing up, Sorrenti played video games such as Team Fortress 2 and Garry's Mod using the online handle "Keffals". By the age of 12, she realized that she was transgender. In 2013, when she was 18, she traveled to Thailand with her parents to receive gender-affirming surgery.{{Cite tweet |number=1752368112408605101 |user=keffals |title=Eleven years ago today my mom and dad supported me through getting sexual reassignment surgery. I was 18. I love her so much, and I am one the luckiest girls in the world. |first=Clara |last=Sorrenti |date=January 30, 2024 |access-date=January 30, 2024|archive-date=February 1, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240201101454/https://twitter.com/keffals/status/1752368112408605101|url-status=dead}} She attended the University of Western Ontario.{{Cite web |last=Tayler |first=Emily |date=September 14, 2019 |title=Communists collect in UCC for Friday night election launch |url=https://westerngazette.ca/news/communists-collect-in-ucc-for-friday-night-election-launch/article_538de0b2-d68d-11e9-8fa4-97bb28b12ef6.html |access-date=June 27, 2022 |website=The Gazette • Western University's Student Newspaper |archive-date=June 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220628003747/https://westerngazette.ca/news/communists-collect-in-ucc-for-friday-night-election-launch/article_538de0b2-d68d-11e9-8fa4-97bb28b12ef6.html |url-status=live }}

Sorrenti is an advocate for the rights of transgender people. She has stated that she receives frequent harassment for being a trans person.{{Cite news |last=Grayson |first=Nathan |date=December 16, 2021 |title=Twitch suspension of Hasan Piker sparks debate over what qualifies as racist language |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2021/12/16/twitch-cracker-ban-hasan-vaush/ |access-date=June 26, 2022 |quote="'It's honestly rare for me to go live on Twitch without at least one person coming into my chat to harass me for being a trans person,' a streamer who goes by the handle 'Keffals' said on Twitter, 'but the hateful conduct that Twitch seems to care about more is whether people use goofy insults...'" |archive-date=December 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211217083440/https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2021/12/16/twitch-cracker-ban-hasan-vaush/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Gach |first=Ethan |date=July 21, 2022 |title=Trans Streamer Keffals Says Twitch Banned Her For 'Openly Talking' About Abuse She Receives |url=https://kotaku.com/twitch-ban-keffals-destiny-trans-hate-speech-slur-1849315462 |access-date=July 21, 2022 |website=Kotaku |archive-date=July 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220721180449/https://kotaku.com/twitch-ban-keffals-destiny-trans-hate-speech-slur-1849315462 |url-status=live }}

Early in her life Sorrenti volunteered with the New Democratic Party.{{Cite web |last=Creces |first=Gerard |date=June 4, 2018 |title=Clara Sorrenti - Young, Determined, Unapologetically Communist |url=https://londonfuse.ca/clara-sorrenti-young-determined-unapologetically-communist/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220326201910/https://londonfuse.ca/clara-sorrenti-young-determined-unapologetically-communist/ |archive-date=March 26, 2022 |access-date=June 28, 2022 |website=London Fuse}} She entered Canadian politics following the 2016 election of Donald Trump in the United States, running for two races in 2018 and 2019 as a member of the Communist Party of Canada. She ran in the 2018 Ontario general election{{Cite web |last1=Allen |first1=Martin |last2=Tayler |first2=Emily |last3=McCallum |first3=Katrina |date=November 30, 2018 |title=Western's TA union finds an ally in the Young Communist League |url=https://westerngazette.ca/features/westerns-ta-union-finds-an-ally-in-the-young-communist-league/article_5a9cafb6-f414-11e8-85a0-eb04692b462e.html |access-date=June 27, 2022 |website=The Gazette • Western University's Student Newspaper |archive-date=August 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220807200703/https://westerngazette.ca/features/westerns-ta-union-finds-an-ally-in-the-young-communist-league/article_5a9cafb6-f414-11e8-85a0-eb04692b462e.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |title=Who's running in London? Here's who |work=CBC News |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/who-s-running-in-london-here-s-who-1.5279412 |access-date=June 27, 2022 |archive-date=June 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220628004246/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/who-s-running-in-london-here-s-who-1.5279412 |url-status=live }} and the 2019 Canadian federal election,{{Cite web |last=Dubinski |first=Kate |date=August 9, 2022 |title=Trans Twitch star arrested at gunpoint fears for life after someone sent police to her London, Ont., home |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/trans-twitch-star-arrested-at-gunpoint-fears-for-life-after-someone-sent-police-to-her-london-ont-home-1.6546015 |access-date=August 9, 2022 |website=CBC.ca |archive-date=August 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220809212412/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/trans-twitch-star-arrested-at-gunpoint-fears-for-life-after-someone-sent-police-to-her-london-ont-home-1.6546015 |url-status=live }} but lost both races. During that time, she was the organizer for the Young Communist League's London, Ontario chapter.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=November 7, 2017 |title=WWP youth leader speaks at Bolshevik commemoration |url=https://www.workers.org/2017/11/34190/ |access-date=June 28, 2022 |website=Workers World |archive-date=March 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220330190853/https://www.workers.org/2017/11/34190/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Tayler |first=Emily |date=November 16, 2018 |title=We Won't Be Erased London: Rally for trans and intersex rights |url=https://westerngazette.ca/culture/we-wont-be-erased-london-rally-for-trans-and-intersex-rights/article_31c93462-e792-11e8-9e73-67df123d2454.html |access-date=June 27, 2022 |website=The Gazette • Western University's Student Newspaper |quote="Trans rights march (Photo 4): Clara Sorrenti, the organizer of the Young Communist League London, Nov. 4, 2018." |archive-date=June 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220628004246/https://westerngazette.ca/culture/we-wont-be-erased-london-rally-for-trans-and-intersex-rights/article_31c93462-e792-11e8-9e73-67df123d2454.html |url-status=live }}

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Sorrenti began streaming on Twitch playing video games, but switched to politics after a wave of anti-trans legislation was introduced in state legislatures in 2021 and 2022. She spoke out against Texas Governor Greg Abbott when he instructed Texas state agencies to treat gender-affirming medical treatments, such as puberty blockers or hormone treatments, for transgender youths as child abuse. Speaking on an Alabama law making it a felony to provide gender-affirming care for those under 18, Sorrenti said, "They literally want these kids to fucking kill themselves." In April 2022, she raised {{USD|205,000}} for the Campaign for Southern Equality to protect transgender youth. A month later, she called attention to a VOD of a 16-year-old trans Twitch streamer who was taken into foster care after police conducted a wellness check.{{Cite web |last=Bevan |first=Rhiannon |date=May 7, 2022 |title=16-Year Old Trans Girl Detained By Police Mid-Livestream For Not Attending School That Misgendered Her |url=https://www.thegamer.com/twitch-livestream-trans-girl-police-foster-care-school-viowynn-keffals/ |access-date=June 26, 2022 |website=TheGamer |archive-date=June 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220626203010/https://www.thegamer.com/twitch-livestream-trans-girl-police-foster-care-school-viowynn-keffals/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last=Cole |first=Samantha |date=May 10, 2022 |title=Cops Bust Into 16-Year-Old Trans Girl's Bedroom During Her Twitch Stream |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/cops-trans-girl-twitch-stream/ |work=Vice |access-date=July 23, 2022 |archive-date=July 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220711210531/https://www.vice.com/en/article/88gyev/cops-trans-girl-twitch-stream |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last=Padgett |first=Donald |date=May 11, 2022 |title=Police Burst Into 16-Year Old Trans Girl's Bedroom During Livestream |url=https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/5/11/police-burst-16-year-old-trans-girls-bedroom-during-livestream |work=The Advocate |access-date=July 23, 2022 |archive-date=August 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220807195942/https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/5/11/police-burst-16-year-old-trans-girls-bedroom-during-livestream |url-status=live }} She has also criticized Florida's Parental Rights in Education act and the false claim shared by online figures such as Infowars and United States Congressman Paul Gosar that the Uvalde shooter was transgender on stream. She was profiled by Taylor Lorenz in The Washington Post in June 2022.{{cite news |last1=Allsop |first1=Jon |date=June 28, 2022 |title=Ukraine 'fatigue,' and what the press can—and can't—do about it |work=Columbia Journalism Review |url=https://www.cjr.org/the_media_today/ukraine_fatigue_attention_media.php |access-date=June 29, 2022 |archive-date=June 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220628172811/https://www.cjr.org/the_media_today/ukraine_fatigue_attention_media.php |url-status=live }} Lorenz described Sorrenti as "part of a new class of stars who have abandoned the platform's traditional game-stream format to talk about news and politics" and described her Twitch stream as "one of the few media outlets where viewers can hear the news from a trans person."

In July 2022 her Twitch account was suspended for 28 days (reduced to 14) for "repeated hateful slurs or symbols" that featured on her stream thumbnail. Sorrenti said that the slurs in question were images of past harassment directed against her and that she had been banned "for openly talking about the abuse [she receives]". She moved to YouTube to stream during the ban.{{Cite news |last=Wolens |first=Joshua |date=July 22, 2022 |title=Trans Twitch streamer claims she was banned for showing examples of abuse |work=PC Gamer |url=https://www.pcgamer.com/trans-twitch-streamer-claims-she-was-banned-for-showing-examples-of-abuse/ |access-date=July 22, 2022 |archive-date=July 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220722123427/https://www.pcgamer.com/trans-twitch-streamer-claims-she-was-banned-for-showing-examples-of-abuse/ |url-status=live }}

Sorrenti joined Twitter in December 2020, and amassed over 100,000 followers on the platform. Sorrenti is also known for "ratioing" Twitter personalities, and has been in online disputes with former Twitch streamer Destiny, as well other public figures, including Tim Pool, Candace Owens, Lauren Southern, and J. K. Rowling.

She supports her streaming career with fan donations from Patreon and PayPal, using the money to hire an editor and a graphic designer.

In a 2023 Progressive Victory livestream, Sorrenti and fellow streamers Destiny, Emma Vigeland, and Vaush interviewed U.S. Representative Ro Khanna about various topics, including the importance of youth political participation and ways to push progressive political sentiment.{{cite news |last1=Lorenz |first1=Taylor |title=Democrats plan four-hour live stream with Twitch and YouTube stars |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/09/28/live-stream-twitch-politics-khanna/ |access-date=3 October 2023 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=September 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230929155206/https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/09/28/live-stream-twitch-politics-khanna/ |archive-date=September 29, 2023 |language=English}}{{Cite web |last=Gutelle |first=Sam |date=2023-09-29 |title=U.S. rep Ro Khanna streamed with creators like Vaush and Emma Vigeland outside the White House |url=https://www.tubefilter.com/2023/09/29/ro-khanna-stream-politics-creators-white-house-vaush-keffals-emma-vigeland/ |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=Tubefilter |language=en-US |archive-date=October 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231010055608/https://www.tubefilter.com/2023/09/29/ro-khanna-stream-politics-creators-white-house-vaush-keffals-emma-vigeland/ |url-status=live }}

In February 2023 Sorrenti announced on Twitter she would be taking a career break to enter rehab, stating that she had become addicted to narcotics in the preceding months.{{Cite tweet |last=Sorrenti |first=Clara |author-link= |user=Keffals |number=1628103005500211215 |date=21 February 2023 |title=in the next few days I will be admitted to rehab. the doctor said that because of the drugs I am addicted to, without medical supervision detoxing will kill me. I will be off social media for 30-45 days while I work on getting better. |script-title= |trans-title= |language= |retweet= |location= |access-date=22 October 2024 |link= |url-status= |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230221184527/https://twitter.com/keffals/status/1628103005500211215 |quote= |ref= |archive-date=21 February 2023}}

In October 2024 Sorrenti announced she was retiring from streaming.{{Cite tweet |number=1818422326888694239 |user=keffals |title=It's been a good run. I laughed with you all, I cried with you all. We raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for charity. Thank you all for the memories, and for giving me a platform to help others. It's time for me to move on with my life. Until we meet again. |first=Clara |last=Sorrenti |date=July 30, 2024 |access-date=October 17, 2024 |archive-date=April 1, 2025 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/uuHK8 |url-status=live}}

In March 2025, Sorrenti announced on Bluesky that she is returning to streaming, but will not be returning to social media.{{cite web |last1=Sorrenti |first1=Clara |title=after regularly seeing a therapist and going on new antidepressants, I’m in a much better place than I was and am returning to streaming. I will not be returning to social media on any platform. I might post go live notifications on occasion, but I need to do what is best for my mental health. |url=https://bsky.app/profile/keffals.gg/post/3llchxxjidc26 |access-date=27 March 2025 |website=Bluesky | archive-date=April 1, 2025|archive-url=https://archive.today/20250401065308/https://bsky.app/profile/keffals.gg/post/3llchxxjidc26|url-status=live}}

On August 5, 2022, Sorrenti was swatted and arrested after an email was sent to members of the London, Ontario city council claiming to be Sorrenti with an intent to kill her mother and members of the London City Council. The incident, that she believes to be a hate crime, led to computers and phones being confiscated by police. She said the London Police Service had used her deadname during the arrest, as well as in the wellness check on her mother.{{Cite news |last=Jackson |first=Gita |date=August 9, 2022 |title=Twitch Streamer Keffals Arrested After Transphobic SWATing |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/twitch-streamer-keffals-arrested-after-transphobic-swating/ |access-date=August 9, 2022 |website=Vice |archive-date=August 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220809184626/https://www.vice.com/en/article/k7bzaz/twitch-streamer-keffals-arrested-after-transphobic-swating |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |last=Diaz |first=Ana |date=August 9, 2022 |title=Trans streamer Keffals swatted and arrested in her home |work=Polygon |url=https://www.polygon.com/23298726/keffals-swatted-twitch-streamer-london-ontario-police |access-date=August 9, 2022 |archive-date=August 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220809230240/https://www.polygon.com/23298726/keffals-swatted-twitch-streamer-london-ontario-police |url-status=live }} Sorrenti claimed the police, talking to Sorrenti's mother, misgendered Sorrenti by referring to her as her mother's "son".{{Cite news |last=Winslow |first=Jeremy |date=August 10, 2022 |title=Popular Trans Twitch Streamer Keffals Arrested After 'Traumatizing' Swatting Incident |work=Kotaku |url=https://kotaku.com/trans-twitch-youtube-livestream-clara-keffals-sorrenti-1849396487 |access-date=August 10, 2022 |archive-date=August 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220810190536/https://kotaku.com/trans-twitch-youtube-livestream-clara-keffals-sorrenti-1849396487 |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |last=Wolens |first=Joshua |date=August 10, 2022 |title=With guns drawn, police raid home of trans Twitch streamer Clara 'Keffals' Sorrenti in latest swatting debacle |work=PC Gamer |url=https://www.pcgamer.com/keffals-swatting/ |access-date=August 10, 2022 |archive-date=August 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220810222629/https://www.pcgamer.com/keffals-swatting/ |url-status=live }} According to the London police, any use of Sorrenti's former legal name was based on records of prior interactions with the police and not deliberate disrespect.{{cite web |url=https://www.londonpolice.ca/en/news/statement-from-police-chief-williams-august-2022.aspx |title=STATEMENT FROM POLICE CHIEF WILLIAMS AUGUST 2022 |last=Williams |first=Steve |date=August 11, 2022 |website=London Police |access-date=September 6, 2022 |archive-date=January 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230113195651/https://www.londonpolice.ca/en/news/statement-from-police-chief-williams-august-2022.aspx |url-status=live }} CBC News reported that the chief of the police department said he would review how she was treated by officers.{{Cite news |last=Dubinski |first=Kate |date=August 10, 2022 |title=London, Ont., police chief to review officer conduct in gunpoint arrest of trans activist |work=CBC News |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/trans-activist-arrest-london-police-chief-review-1.6547124 |access-date=August 10, 2022 |archive-date=August 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220810203655/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/trans-activist-arrest-london-police-chief-review-1.6547124 |url-status=live }} The swatting came after another earlier attempt had taken place through the Toronto Police Service; according to Sorrenti, the London Police Service was not aware of this previous attempt due to lack of correspondence with the Toronto Police Service.{{Cite news |last=Khan |first=Ahmar |date=August 9, 2022 |title=Trans woman, Twitch streamer Keffals doxxed, arrested at gunpoint by London, Ont. police |work=Global News |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/9048763/trans-woman-twitch-streamer-keffals-london-police/ |access-date=August 9, 2022 |archive-date=August 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220810001854/https://globalnews.ca/news/9048763/trans-woman-twitch-streamer-keffals-london-police/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |last=Sims |first=Jane |date=August 10, 2022 |title='Swatted': Transgender activist decries arrest, seizure of devices |work=The London Free Press |url=https://lfpress.com/news/local-news/i-was-swatted-london-transgender-activist-decries-arrest-seizure-of-devices |access-date=August 10, 2022}} The London Police Service drafted reforms for its treatment of transgender suspects after the incident.{{Cite news |last=Carruthers |first=Dale |date=September 13, 2022 |title=In wake of 'swatting' arrest, London police draft policy for trans suspects |work=The London Free Press |url=https://lfpress.com/news/local-news/in-wake-of-swatting-arrest-london-police-draft-policy-for-trans-suspects |access-date=September 18, 2022 |archive-date=September 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220929125049/https://lfpress.com/news/local-news/in-wake-of-swatting-arrest-london-police-draft-policy-for-trans-suspects |url-status=live }}

Following the incident, Sorrenti told Global News that "I'm not backing down. I know that the work I do is incredibly valuable, and{{nbsp}}... I have [trans] people almost every day saying they came out to their families because of me". Jagmeet Singh, leader of the New Democratic Party, responded to the situation in a tweet saying "Trans folk, and especially trans activists, deserve the freedom to make themselves heard. Not to be doxed and swatted, arrested at gunpoint and deadnamed repeatedly. No one deserves this."

In December 2022, an internal investigation by the London Police Service into the August swatting incident found no evidence Sorrenti had been deadnamed audibly by officers, with the LPS stating they have the video and audio evidence to confirm this.{{cite news |last=Graham |first=Andrew |date=14 December 2022 |title=Internal review finds cops 'acted appropriately' in London, Ont. swatting arrest of trans activist |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/9349013/lps-review-swatting-arrest-keffals-appropriate/ |work=Global News |location= |access-date=9 January 2023 |archive-date=January 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230109105644/https://globalnews.ca/news/9349013/lps-review-swatting-arrest-keffals-appropriate/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last=McInnes |first=Angela |date=14 December 2022 |title=Officers acted appropriately in swatting arrest of international trans activist, internal review finds |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/officers-acted-appropriately-in-swatting-arrest-of-international-trans-activist-internal-review-finds-1.6685361 |work=CBC News |location= |access-date=9 January 2023 |archive-date=January 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230109111515/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/officers-acted-appropriately-in-swatting-arrest-of-international-trans-activist-internal-review-finds-1.6685361 |url-status=live }}

Following the swatting, Sorrenti also set up a GoFundMe fundraiser with the aim of funding a move and a lawsuit,{{Cite news |last=Hansford |first=Amelia |date=August 10, 2022 |title=Trans Twitch streamer arrested at gunpoint after evil trolls report fake death threats |work=PinkNews |url=https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/08/10/keffals-swatting-trans-twitch-streamer/ |access-date=August 10, 2022 |archive-date=August 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220810174005/https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/08/10/keffals-swatting-trans-twitch-streamer/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |last=Grayson |first=Nathan |date=August 15, 2022 |title=Twitch streamers traumatized after four 'swattings' in a week |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2022/08/15/keffals-adin-ross-ishowspeed-swatting-twitch-youtube/ |access-date=August 15, 2022 |issn=0190-8286 |archive-date=August 16, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220816030937/https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2022/08/15/keffals-adin-ross-ishowspeed-swatting-twitch-youtube/ |url-status=live }} and said that she aimed to continue to stream.{{Cite news |last=Sung |first=Morgan |date=August 11, 2022 |title=Trans Twitch streamer Keffals says she was swatted and arrested by police in Ontario |work=NBC News |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/trans-twitch-streamer-keffals-says-was-swatted-arrested-police-ontario-rcna42533 |access-date=August 11, 2022 |archive-date=August 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220811213558/https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/trans-twitch-streamer-keffals-says-was-swatted-arrested-police-ontario-rcna42533 |url-status=live }} Sorrenti later tweeted that the GoFundMe had its funds frozen after being mass reported.{{Cite tweet|number=1557080214320173057|user=keffalsbackup|title=My gofundme so I can move after being victimized by the police after I was swatted got mass reported and my campaign funds are on hold. People can still donate, but the amount of suffering people try to put me through is cruel. I'm contacting gofundme right now.|author=Clara Sorrenti|date=August 9, 2022|access-date=August 10, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220809201439/https://twitter.com/keffalsbackup/status/1557080214320173057|archive-date=August 9, 2022}} Nonetheless, she was subsequently able to move to a hotel. On August 17, 2022, the location of the hotel was posted online and the hotel was inundated with pizza deliveries made by trolls using Sorrenti's deadname. Sorrenti believes that the location of the hotel was discovered after she had posted a picture on her Discord server that inadvertently revealed the patterned bedsheets used by the hotel, allowing internet trolls to cross-reference the sheets with those in local hotels.{{Cite news |last=Carruthers |first=Dale |date=August 17, 2022 |title=First 'swatting' and now 'doxing': online harassment of trans activist continues |work=London Free Press |url=https://lfpress.com/news/local-news/first-swatting-and-now-doxing-online-harassment-of-trans-activist-continues |access-date=August 18, 2022 |archive-date=August 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220817225257/https://lfpress.com/news/local-news/first-swatting-and-now-doxing-online-harassment-of-trans-activist-continues |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |last=Khan |first=Amar |date=August 17, 2022 |title=Twitch streamer and trans woman, Clara Sorrenti allegedly doxxed again |work=Global News |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/9068032/twitch-streamer-trans-woman-clara-sorrenti-keffals-doxxed-again/ |access-date=August 18, 2022 |archive-date=August 18, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220818025832/https://globalnews.ca/news/9068032/twitch-streamer-trans-woman-clara-sorrenti-keffals-doxxed-again/ |url-status=live }} Sorrenti blamed Kiwi Farms for the swatting attempts.{{Cite web |last=Polhamus |first=Blaine |date=August 19, 2022 |title=Keffals clashes with Kiwi Farms, set to hold protest against the 'stalking' website |url=https://dotesports.com/streaming/news/keffals-clashes-with-kiwi-farms-set-to-hold-protest-against-the-stalking-website |access-date=August 23, 2022 |website=Dot Esports |archive-date=December 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221221142059/https://dotesports.com/streaming/news/keffals-clashes-with-kiwi-farms-set-to-hold-protest-against-the-stalking-website |url-status=live }}

Following continued harassment, Sorrenti announced that she would be leaving Canada and moving to an undisclosed location in Europe.{{Cite news |last1=Zandbergen |first1=Rebecca |last2=McInnes |first2=Angela |date=August 23, 2022 |title=Twitch streamer and trans activist says she's leaving Canada for awhile due to harassment |work=CBC News |url=https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6559289 |access-date=August 25, 2022 |archive-date=December 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221221133759/https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6559289 |url-status=live }} She was once again doxxed after relocating to Belfast, Northern Ireland.{{cite news |last1=Khan |first1=Ahmar |last2=Simon |first2=Amy |title=Twitch streamer and transgender activist doxxed in Northern Ireland after leaving Canada |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/9097654/twitch-streamer-and-transgender-activist-doxxed-in-northern-ireland/ |access-date=August 31, 2022 |work=Global News |date=August 31, 2022 |archive-date=December 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221217231535/https://globalnews.ca/news/9097654/twitch-streamer-and-transgender-activist-doxxed-in-northern-ireland/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Gilbert |first=David |date=September 7, 2022 |title=Inside Keffals' Battle to Bring Down Kiwi Farms |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/keffals-kiwi-farms/ |access-date=September 7, 2022 |website=Vice |archive-date=September 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220908020330/https://www.vice.com/en/article/xgyagd/keffals-kiwi-farms |url-status=live }} On September 3, 2022, pressure on Cloudflare in response to the harassment campaign resulted in the company terminating services to the Kiwi Farms website,{{Cite news |last=Cox |first=Joseph |date=April 19, 2024 |title=Spy Site Selling Discord Messages Linked to Kiwi Farms |url=https://www.404media.co/spy-site-selling-discord-messages-linked-to-kiwi-farms/ |work=404 Media |quote=That pressure came after Kiwi Farms was linked to harassment of trans Twitch streamer Keffals. |access-date=April 19, 2024 |archive-date=April 19, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240419165835/https://www.404media.co/spy-site-selling-discord-messages-linked-to-kiwi-farms/ |url-status=live }} as the firm considered the forum activity to be increasingly dangerous.{{Cite web |title=Internet services company Cloudflare blocks Kiwi Farms citing 'targeted threats' |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/cloudflare-provided-security-services-kiwi-farms-blocks-website-rcna46219 |first1=Kat |last1=Tenbarge |first2=Jason |last2=Abbruzzese |first3=Ben |last3=Collins |date=September 4, 2022 |access-date=September 4, 2022 |website=NBC News |archive-date=September 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220903232926/https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/cloudflare-provided-security-services-kiwi-farms-blocks-website-rcna46219 |url-status=live }} The site was briefly accessible only through Tor. Sorrenti declared victory on September 5, saying the campaign had more than succeeded in its aim to shut Kiwi Farms down.{{Cite web |date=September 5, 2022 |title=Hate Forum Kiwi Farms Practically Dead As Owner Posts Conspiracy-Laden Rant |url=https://kotaku.com/kiwi-farms-dead-closed-rip-shut-down-russia-telegram-1849498373 |first=Luke |last=Plunkett |access-date=September 6, 2022 |website=Kotaku |archive-date=December 1, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221201013229/https://kotaku.com/kiwi-farms-dead-closed-rip-shut-down-russia-telegram-1849498373 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=O'Sullivan |first1=Donie |last2=Naik |first2=Richa |title=Trans activist celebrates rare victory against online trolls after Kiwi Farms deplatforming |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/06/tech/kiwi-farms-clara-sorrenti-keffals/index.html |access-date=September 7, 2022 |work=CNN |date=September 6, 2022 |archive-date=September 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220906233346/https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/06/tech/kiwi-farms-clara-sorrenti-keffals/index.html |url-status=live }} On September 6, 2022, The Daily Dot confirmed that VanwaTech was providing content delivery network services to Kiwi Farms, hence bringing it back online.{{Cite news |last=Goforth |first=Claire |date=September 6, 2022 |title=Kiwi Farms gets back online thanks to the same service that's kept 8kun alive |work=The Daily Dot |url=https://www.dailydot.com/debug/kiwi-farms-back-online-vanwatech/ |access-date=September 6, 2022 |archive-date=October 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221023212856/https://www.dailydot.com/debug/kiwi-farms-back-online-vanwatech/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=Hate-filled Kiwi Farms message board finds new home with Southwest Washington tech company |first=Troy |last=Brynelson |url=https://www.opb.org/article/2022/09/06/kiwi-farms-new-provider-after-cloudfare-drops-site/ |date=September 7, 2022 |access-date=September 7, 2022 |publisher=Oregon Public Broadcasting |archive-date=November 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221126115118/https://www.opb.org/article/2022/09/06/kiwi-farms-new-provider-after-cloudfare-drops-site/ |url-status=live }}

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