[HN Gopher] Most doxxing campaigns only last a few days. But eff...
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       Most doxxing campaigns only last a few days. But effects can be
       felt for months
        
       Author : rntn
       Score  : 12 points
       Date   : 2024-04-11 19:10 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
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       | Clubber wrote:
       | Doxxing in individual, with proof of intent to harass, should be
       | a federal crime.
        
         | retox wrote:
         | >with proof of intent to harass
         | 
         | It would/should be very difficult to prove. A scenario; there
         | is already a conversation online about how someone is an
         | asshole and I link a publicly available page that has their
         | address and phone numbers, no other message content. Is that
         | prosecutable? Laws that try to read peoples minds (intent) are
         | always abused and rarely just.
        
           | otterley wrote:
           | The intent element of a crime is rarely proved through direct
           | evidence. Of course nobody can read minds. So circumstantial
           | evidence is typically used instead - i.e., what else was
           | going on when the criminal act was performed.
        
         | bsder wrote:
         | Doxxing that results in harassment should be a federal crime--
         | intent not required. Harassment, by itself, also needs to start
         | being taken far more seriously. These should be similar to
         | wiretap laws or photo credits. And they should have a _massive_
         | fines behind them. This is especially true if it costs someone
         | their job when what they were doing is legal--both employer and
         | harasser should get big fines.
         | 
         | The Internet makes things too asymmetric--the weak need
         | protection and the guilty get away with it because it isn't
         | worth prosecuting.
        
         | rufus_foreman wrote:
         | If "doxxing" means stating, correctly, that a certain student
         | was a member of an organization at the time that organization
         | signed a particular public statement, then no, doxxing an
         | individual should not be any sort of crime, doxxing an
         | individual under that definition is protected by the First
         | Amendment to the United States Constitution.
         | 
         | Should ProPublica be able to doxx wealthy individuals by
         | publishing their tax returns? Of course they should, that's
         | called freedom of the press. And I hate ProPublica. The person
         | that gave them the returns is going to prison, as they should,
         | but publishing that information is called freedom of the press.
         | 
         | Even if ProPublica's intent is to harass wealthy individuals,
         | which I believe it certainly is.
        
       | thorncorona wrote:
       | > Instagram pages like @JewsHateDatabase posted the video with
       | the caption: "Help us find out who she is -- Jew hater spotted in
       | Williamsburg Brooklyn."
       | 
       | Surprised Instagram condones this type of behavior.
        
         | sickofparadox wrote:
         | One might imagine they would rather not end up in the database.
        
         | bluefishinit wrote:
         | X has an account called Canary Mission that doxxes students,
         | professionals and random people in the street for speaking out
         | against Israel.
         | 
         | They're also thought to be behind the real life intimidation
         | campaign featuring people dressed in bird costumes:
         | 
         | https://forward.com/news/407127/a-new-wave-of-hardline-anti-...
        
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