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Dangers of Doxxing

I first heard the term about three years ago while I was watching a YouTube commentator rant about another cancelled or problematic influencer. When I looked up the term, I was shocked. The internet can already be such a dumpster fire and a negative space, but now people are willingly releasing someone's personal info because they don't like them? Some of them will even go as far as releasing information about the person's family and send death threats or bomb threats to have their home swatted. It's never that serious, ever. Surprisingly, taking legal actions against doxxing can be complicated. According to Kapersky.com, "Because doxing is a relatively recent phenomenon, the laws around it are constantly evolving and are not always clear cut." The article goes on to say that doxxing could be classified as stalking and harassment, but ti all depends on what information was exposed. Thankfully, doxxing is a violation of website's terms because, but there needs to be more done than deleting the information or the account it was shared by. There needs to be better protection for users that are victims of online crimes and harassment.

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Having Black spaces online is great and needed. However, they can also be extremely toxic. It’s why I haven’t followed or engaged with content from The Shade Room or The Breakfast Club for years. The content and the comment sections can be so problematic. Tee Noir, a commentator on YouTube, made a video on this that is a must-watch.

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This is a photo of two journalists being maced by Minnesota police at the Brooklyn Center protests. Thousands of photos like these have been shared on social media to keep a record of the police’s aggressive treatment of protesters, press, and bystanders.

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Latinx Twitter can continue to be invisible to people outside of those communities. And honestly, I don't really know if that’s a bad thing, especially when we look at the surveillance that Black Twitter has been under for years.

Andrea Valdez, “Does Latinx Twitter Exist?”

I think it’s cool that Latinx Twitter can be more discreet because of the language barrier. As is stated later in the article, it makes it harder for outsiders to steal appropriate what they don’t comprehend.

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Women face harassment in the workplace often. This is only amplified for women in politics, who have to deal with discrimination and harassment from the public on social media. This LA Times article drives this point home.