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Re:Kiwi Farms is down across all domains as DDoS-Guard termi... by echelon on Monday September 05, 2022 @02:16PM (#32727383)
I'm a free speech advocate but 100% agree with you.

Our legislators needs to make laws against targeted, anonymous, non-journalistic doxxing. It needs to include clauses that escalate the severity when revenge porn or racial, sexual, or other discrimination is being incited. If this bullying results in suicide, that should also increase the severity of the crime.

Until these laws exist, prosecutors need to use this angle and try these cases anyway.

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Re:Kiwi Farms is down across all domains as DDoS-Guard termi... by ALittleLight on Monday September 05, 2022 @02:33PM (#32727594)
Non-journalistic doxxing? What makes doxxing someone journalistic and why is it okay when a journalist does it?
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Re:Kiwi Farms is down across all domains as DDoS-Guard termi... by cauefcr on Monday September 05, 2022 @03:09PM (#32728046)
Documenting any of:

- leader of a mafia

- any government leader

- billionaires in general

- anyone in a position of power

Investigating their crimes and doxxing them is very different from "lmao look at this piece of shit loser, let's bully it to death".

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Re:Kiwi Farms is down across all domains as DDoS-Guard termi... by philippejara on Monday September 05, 2022 @03:59PM (#32728729)
If someone is the leader of a mafia and it is known without a doubt and you know their location you should call the police not put it in the news. What does "government leader" means? what does "anyone in a position of power" actually means? Especially in the era of twitter and immense followings from people that are just regulars and not some ultra-rich celebrities.

Man it really didn't take long for people to forget things like the CNN reddit kid dox or even more recent the twitter account from tiktok dox by journalists active still today.

[0]https://edition.cnn.com/2017/07/04/politics/kfile-reddit-use...

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Re:Kiwi Farms is down across all domains as DDoS-Guard termi... by cauefcr on Monday September 05, 2022 @04:58PM (#32729386)
>If someone is the leader of a mafia and it is known without a doubt and you know their location you should call the police not put it in the news.

Fair enough.

>What does "government leader" means?

>what does "anyone in a position of power" actually means?

I'm not a lawmaker, it's one of those "you know it when you see it" things.

>Man it really didn't take long for people to forget things like the CNN reddit kid dox or even more recent the twitter account from tiktok dox by journalists active still today.

That's exactly why I put the above caveat.

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Re:Kiwi Farms is down across all domains as DDoS-Guard termi... by bitwize on Monday September 05, 2022 @03:11PM (#32728079)
Journalists are the guardians of democracy.

Now be a good boy or else CNN might release your name and address: https://www.engadget.com/2017-07-05-cnn-will-expose-reddit-u...

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Re:Kiwi Farms is down across all domains as DDoS-Guard termi... by pixl97 on Monday September 05, 2022 @03:05PM (#32727999)
Why would the US make any laws against doxxing? As of so far we've been nearly completely allergic to any laws for privacy. It's going to be very problematic in itself attempting to make a legal argument that disclosing an anonymous persons name is not protected under the first amendment.
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Re:Kiwi Farms is down across all domains as DDoS-Guard termi... by CyberDildonics on Monday September 05, 2022 @04:44PM (#32729207)
Whoever still puts out a phone book is going to be in big trouble.
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