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PennState: Researchers propose methods for automatic detection of doxing

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PennState: Researchers propose methods for automatic detection of doxing . “To date, the research team has only studied Twitter, where their novel proposed approach uses machine learning to differentiate which tweet containing personally identifiable information is maliciously shared rather than self-disclosed. They have identified an approach that was able to automatically detect doxing on Twitter with over 96% accuracy, which could help the platform — and eventually other social media platforms — more quickly and easily identify true cases of doxing.”

NBC News: This TikToker is ‘consensually doxxing’ people to teach them about social media privacy

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NBC News: This TikToker is ‘consensually doxxing’ people to teach them about social media privacy. “Many users go to great lengths to secure their social media accounts — but one TikTok creator is showing people that their profiles aren’t as private as they seem. Kristen Sotakoun, 32, is behind a viral TikTok series devoted to ‘consensual doxxing,’ in which she reveals the birthdates of people in her comments section.”

NBC News: Viral video of a racist rant led people to threaten the wrong business. The owner blames Google.

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NBC News: Viral video of a racist rant led people to threaten the wrong business. The owner blames Google.. “Online vigilantism is a well-recognized phenomenon, one that is the subject of academic study. Examples of people looking to take justice into their own hands to right perceived wrongs go back to the early days of the consumer internet, not long after the advent of the World Wide Web. The phenomenon has only gained momentum alongside the rise of search engines, social media, smartphones and digital video, which have provided the content, tools and motivation for just about anyone to play crusader. But in some instances of online mob justice, people hit the wrong target.”

Rolling Stone: Trump’s Site Is Being Weaponized Against the FBI — and Their Families

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Rolling Stone: Trump’s Site Is Being Weaponized Against the FBI — and Their Families. “A review of Truth Social postings by Rolling Stone shows Trump supporters have spent the past week doxxing both Judge Bruce Reinhart, the magistrate judge who approved the Mar-a-Lago warrant, and an FBI agent involved in preparing the request, as well as their families. The information includes their purported home addresses, phone numbers, places of worship, private offices, and similar information about the men’s families and junior employees.”

Doxxing: a new tool of repression against Arab women (Thomson Reuters Foundation)

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Thomson Reuters Foundation: Doxxing: a new tool of repression against Arab women. “In Tunisia and other Arab states, the malicious posting of personal information on social media – known as doxxing – is increasingly being used to harass and intimidate women, anti-government protesters and LGBTQ+ activists.”

Motherboard: TikTok Users Are Doxing the Supreme Court

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Motherboard: TikTok Users Are Doxing the Supreme Court. “Some of these videos had thousands of likes, comments and views. Many of them have since been taken down by TikTok, but the same information is recirculating through smaller and smaller accounts in the same format: a slideshow of the justices’ portraits, with text over their faces.”

South China Morning Post: Hong Kong’s privacy watchdog takes down 90 per cent of social media posts deemed to constitute doxxing under new law

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South China Morning Post: Hong Kong’s privacy watchdog takes down 90 per cent of social media posts deemed to constitute doxxing under new law. “Hong Kong’s privacy watchdog has taken down about 90 per cent of social media posts it deemed constituted doxxing after legal amendments were passed last year to criminalise such behaviour.”

WIRED: Russia Is Leaking Data Like a Sieve

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WIRED: Russia Is Leaking Data Like a Sieve. “Since Russian troops crossed Ukraine’s borders at the end of February, colossal amounts of information about the Russian state and its activities have been made public. The data offers unparalleled glimpses into closed-off private institutions, and it may be a gold mine for investigators, from journalists to those tasked with investigating war crimes. Broadly, the data comes in two flavors: information published proactively by Ukranian authorities or their allies, and information obtained by hacktivists. Hundreds of gigabytes of files and millions of emails have been made public.”

Engadget: Meta will close a loophole in its doxxing policy in response to the Oversight Board

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Engadget: Meta will close a loophole in its doxxing policy in response to the Oversight Board. “Meta has agreed to change some of its rules around doxxing in response to recommendations from the Oversight Board. The company had first asked the Oversight Board to help shape its rules last June, saying the policy was ‘significant and difficult.’ The board followed up with 17 recommendations for the company in February, which Meta has now weighed in on.”

Bellingcat: Food Delivery Leak Unmasks Russian Security Agents

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Bellingcat: Food Delivery Leak Unmasks Russian Security Agents. “Russian tech giant Yandex has blamed one of its employees for the hacking and subsequent leak of data from Yandex Food, a popular food delivery service in Russia. Among the many users affected are serving agents of Russia’s security services and military, who in several cases even ordered food to their places of work using their official email addresses.”

The Verge: A top Wikipedia editor has been arrested in Belarus

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The Verge: A top Wikipedia editor has been arrested in Belarus. “The Main Directorate for Combating Organized Crime and Corruption of Belarus (GUBOPiK) has detained prominent Wikipedia editor Mark Bernstein, according to the Belarusian publication Zerkalo. The arrest comes after Bernstein’s personal information was shared on GOBUPiK’s public Telegram channel. Bernstein is one of the top 50 editors of Russian Wikipedia.”

BBC: Meta told to overhaul policies over doxxing fears

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BBC: Meta told to overhaul policies over doxxing fears. “Meta’s Oversight Board has advised the social network to change its policy on allowing the sharing of people’s addresses, even if the information is considered public. Meta requested the advice last year – the first time it has asked the board to help define one of its policies.”

The Art Newspaper: New Twitter safety rules banning non-consensual imagery branded ‘a declaration of war against photojournalists’

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The Art Newspaper: New Twitter safety rules banning non-consensual imagery branded ‘a declaration of war against photojournalists’ . “Members of the street photography community have reacted with concern at new rules published by Twitter that aim to stop malicious users from doxxing victims by declaring images will now only be publishable with the subject’s consent.”

Daily Hampshire Gazette: South Hadley man quits school board after online abuse over masks

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Daily Hampshire Gazette: South Hadley man quits school board after online abuse over masks. “A member of the School Committee has resigned amid online attacks after a right-wing blogger called him a ‘child abuser’ for supporting a masking requirement for town schools, posted pictures of his children and made derogatory remarks about them.”