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Not as far as I know. I think any criminal action will be extremely hard, at least under US law, as they haven't really done anything outright illegal. There ar
by arp242 3y ago
Not as far as I know. I think any criminal action will be extremely hard, at least under US law, as they haven't really done anything outright illegal. There are all sorts of claims about "KiwiFarms has done this or that" (same with 4chan), but often there's no direct connection to KiwiFarms or 4chan, and some claims seem to just made up of whole cloth.
A civil might have a higher chance of succeeding, but I suspect this will also be very hard. "People say mean things" is neither illegal nor harassment, and outright organisation of harassment doesn't really happen on KiwiFarms, at least not in public. Trying to get damages from doxing (in a civil suit, because in most jurisdictions it's not illegal AFAIK) might be the best shot, especially for people who are otherwise non-public figures, but I'm not sure what chance that will have.
- tjpnz 3y agoThere have been numerous civil suits against KF, not one of them has succeeded.
- habinero 3y agoMostly because they tend to pick on people who can only file pro se, not because of any inherent merit.
- chonkerz 3y agoI guess that's a neat legal perk for someone seeking to victimize severely autistic and vulnerable people. One's victims can't afford lawsuits.
- vintermann 3y agoIf they only went for powerless people, why are they suddenly dropped by services that almost never drop sites? There's no way I would even be allowed to talk to a human at these companies, much less convince them to change their politics.
- richbell 3y ago> Mostly because they tend to pick on people who can only file pro se, not because of any inherent merit. This is demonstrably false. Kiwi Farms has thousands of threads on people ranging from Elon Musk to random Internet streamers. At least one of the most popular threads seems to be about a lawyer (Nick Rekeita).
- chonkerz 3y agoAn increasing number of jurisdictions are passing laws against doxing so the site you're defending will be harder and harder to defend.