Posted on 06/26/2018 6:53:30 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
The Lexington, Virginia, restaurant that kicked out White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Friday night instantly became the target of online harassment and conspiracy theories, and things have escalated quickly: Owner Stephanie Wilkinson is being doxxed, with users posting her home address and phone number on various message boards and social media platforms.
As Vox explains, “Doxxing is a common internet practice used to punish or shame someone and is a particularly common practice among the alt-right and other white supremacist organizations who operate online in places like Reddit, 4chan, and Twitter.” Last year, Reddit shut down three popular alt-right subreddits due to their members repeatedly engaging in doxxing.
Posting someone’s personal identifying information online is fraught with obvious danger, with victims often reporting relentless phone and text harassment. Doxxing is also sometimes accompanied by something called swatting, which is when someone uses information obtained from doxxing to report an emergency to police, with the intent of creating a real-life run-in with law enforcement for the victim. Amazingly, doxxing is in many cases perfectly legal.
Wacky Packs! Loved ‘em as a kid.
Trump Curse.
Well ain’t that a shame..NOT..leftists love dishing out harassment but can’t stand it when its done to them..well suck it up buttercup
As usual Vox is a crock. Lefties love doxxing and do it regularly.
In a way, I am so happy to see the right finally fighting back against the constant abuse by the left. The owner of that restaurant brought it on herself by her blatant degrading treatment of Mrs. Sanders.
However, I am concerned that such activities might go too far, and we could end up behaving just as badly as the left.
While there is a place for figurative tar-and-feathering, we must always maintain perspective.
> “Doxxing is a common internet practice used to punish or shame someone and is a particularly common practice among the alt-right and other white supremacist ...”
You knew they would go there.
Yeah, doxxing is never done by democrats. Really. That thing cnn did to the meme maker was just a Dream. They would never dox someone. Only alt right does that
Wow, no editorializing there.
Yeah, I'm sure it was the "Alt-Right" (whoever they are) who doxxed the ICE agents a few days ago.
Gee, it's not like Antifa would do this too...
Vox has just shown its true colors.
They always declare themselves to be a victim. The same jerks that cheered Ron Paul getting beat up, GOP reps being shot, and CNN doxing that kid now do this?
Used by alt right and white supremist, like CNN.
Until those of the Left suffer the same crap they’re dishing out, it won’t stop. So as bad as doxxing is...
Turnabout is fair play.
the exact thing i said when i called maxine waters office today...i then quoted obama and said “if they bring a knife to the fight we’ll bring a gun”...
First time I heard of doxxing was when the charming Spike Lee gave the address of George Zimmerman’s parents. It turned out it was the wrong Zimmermans, of course, not that it makes much difference.
Vox shows its true colors regularly: Soviet Red.
i remember that- wasn’t it a very elderly couple who ended up being harassed??
Phone company has been doxxing people for a hundred years.
And to sayright wingers ceated or do the majority of doxxing is leftard insanity.
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