Illinois just made it possible to sue people for doxxing attacks
arstechnica.com
States crack down on doxxing, but there's still no federal law.

Illinois just made it possible to sue people for doxxing attacks | States crack down on doxxing, but there’s still no federal law.::States crack down on doxxing, but there’s still no federal law.

  • @treadful@lemmy.zipEnglish
    10•1 year ago

    For a half-second I thought this might have been a pro-anonymity law.

    Illinois’ law was motivated by a doxxing attack on a business that subsequently shut down. The UpRising Bakery and Café was doxxed last year after it planned an all-ages drag brunch, which triggered threats of violence against the bakery’s owner, Corrina Sac, and vandalism of the establishment. Goldenberg told Ars that the doxxing “tore apart [Sac’s] business” and, after the bakery closed, ADL raised nearly $50,000 through a GoFundMe campaign to help her recover.

    This is confusing though. How do you doxx a business and public records? Article doesn’t really go into the technical definitions of the law.