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The Rise of Doxxing: How We've Normalised The Invasion of Privacy Online

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Episode • Nov 21, 2024 • 31m

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This week's deep dive is an exploration into the ethics and normalisation of doxxing. Why users across the internet have come to use doxxing as a form of protest and how the culture on TikTok, in particular, has challenged our conventional view of this practice all together. Ultimately leaving us with the question: Is it ever okay to doxx someone?


Timestamps:


00:00 Intro: An exploration into the normalisation of doxxing


5:54 What is doxxing?


8:17 Gamergate


10:51 Twitch’s culture of doxxing & swatting


15:14 Examples of creators being doxxed on other platforms


15:22 Jacksfilms & SSSniperwolf


17:21 Trisha Paytas & Trishyland


18:46 The Fappening


19:27 Is doxxing sometimes warranted?


22:33 How TikTok encourages a culture of doxxing


23:56 Doxxing as a form of protest


25:14 Why normalisation of doxxing is a slippery slope


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