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

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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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