{"id":36759,"date":"2019-08-07T13:36:15","date_gmt":"2019-08-07T17:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=36759"},"modified":"2019-08-07T13:36:15","modified_gmt":"2019-08-07T17:36:15","slug":"doxing-is-illegal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=36759","title":{"rendered":"Doxing Is Illegal"},"content":{"rendered":"

A website called Subliminal Ridge<\/a> posted the following about doxing in 2012:<\/p>\n

Doxing is always illegal, whether it is done against a federal employee, a state employee, or a regular person. There are federal and state laws that specifically address doxing government employees. With regular citizens, doxing falls under various state criminal laws, such as stalking, cyberstalking, harassment, threats, and other such laws, depending on the state. Since these doxing threats and activities are made on the internet, the law of any state may be invoked, though most often an investigator will look to the state in which the person making the threat is located, if this is known, or the state in which the victim is situated. A state prosecutor can only prosecute violations of the laws of his or her own state, and of acts that extend into their state. When acts are on the internet, they extend into all the states.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0Misinformation was spread that doxing is legal. I am not sure how or why anyone fell for that misinformation. Surely, people must understand instinctively, even if they were misled about the law, that if they are threatening someone or putting them at risk, or tormenting or harassing the other on the internet, that this must be illegal. Common sense would tell you that bullying or jeopardizing another would be illegal in some way. So yes, doxing is illegal, no matter who the target.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Meanwhile The Hill<\/a> reports:<\/p>\n

Rep. Joaquin Castro<\/a><\/span> (D-Texas) on Wednesday was pressed by MSNBC’s Willie Geist<\/a>\u00a0after he used his Twitter account earlier in the week to identify a number of people who had made the maximum allowable donations to President Trump<\/a><\/span>‘s campaign.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Geist said that the Trump donors \u201care undoubtedly already being harassed online or perhaps face-to-face in some cases” because of Castro’s actions.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Castro, the brother of 2020 Democratic hopeful Juli\u00e1n Castro and chairman of his campaign,\u00a0faced pushback on Tuesday<\/a> from a number of conservatives for sharing the list of names. He said he published the names because he hopes that people \u201cwill think twice about contributing to [Trump’s] campaign.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWhat I hope is that this has started a conversation about what exactly Donald Trump is doing with these people’s money,” Joaquin Castro explained. “And I hope donors in San Antonio and donors throughout the country, unless you support the white nationalism and the racism that Donald Trump is paying for and fueling, then I hope that you, as a person of good conscience, will think twice about contributing to his campaign.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

The article concludes:<\/p>\n

Geist\u00a0pushed back again later,\u00a0pointing to\u00a0Castro’s comments\u00a0that President Trump’s rhetoric has led to violence.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cIf you agree rhetoric can lead to incitement, even if it triggers one person to do something terrible, does it give you any pause to put these names out in public?” Geist asked.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Well, Willie, they’re already public, they’re already out there,” Castro responded.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“There are 11 retirees and one homemaker who are not public,” Geist noted.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“And this was already circulating. I shared it, so I didn’t create the graphic,” Castro replied.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Morning Joe” co-hosts Joe Scarborough<\/a><\/span> and Brzezinski defended Castro earlier in the interview, with the latter arguing that Castro was only “reframing” public information.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“If you’re proud of funding President Trump, you need to understand that that will be public information. And all you’re doing is trying to explain what it is in terms of the policies or the morals that you are funding,” Brzezinski said.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Geist is also the anchor “Sunday Today with Willie Geist.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

You can’t draw a straight line from anything President Trump has said to violence. If any one of the people Castro listed are harassed or bullied, Castro is directly responsible. Mr. Casto, you need to be charged with a crime.<\/p>\n

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