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Kind of grotesque to think that in practice a doxing forum like that is a way to make some cash. Probably not hard to set up that forum or expensive to operate
by kevingadd 7y ago
Kind of grotesque to think that in practice a doxing forum like that is a way to make some cash. Probably not hard to set up that forum or expensive to operate it, but in the end the operators cashed out because someone was willing to spend money to make it go away.
There are other far worse forums out there that run for-profit and seem to show no sign of stopping, unfortunately. Some of them have an actual real-world death count (and that's the point).
Don't really know how you solve it. Censorship isn't the answer (even if it were, how do you get it universally applied in countries that might host these services), and there aren't shared morals here to apply either. The legal system? Maybe, but it moves so slowly...
- floatingatoll 7y agoSpending money to hunt them down with the legal system and repeatedly take them offline and demand logs would work. It would cost a million dollars to find one poster, but it’s worth a billion dollars to strike fear into their hearts that they could be identified and named and shamed in lawsuits and judgements in their home towns.
- SamReidHughes 7y agoAnd then get SLAPPed; in America there’s free speech.
- floatingatoll 7y agoFree speech only applies to government actions. SLAPP applies to private citizens. Pick one.
- deogeo 7y agoNo, the first amendment only applies to government actions. But both the first amendment and anti-SLAPP statutes exist to protect free speech. (Although in a very real way, every lawsuit is a government action.)
- guskel 7y agoInformation wants to be free.
- wmf 7y agoCopyright trolls manage to find people's identities fast and cheap enough; maybe I'm crazy but it should be possible to use the courts for good without spending massive money.
- wallace_f 7y agoYou should. This is equality we need, but noone is talking about. Everyone deserves the right to have their civil rights defended.