Anonymous social app Yik Tak left users' precise locations exposed
Stalkers could easily have tracked users.
Doxxing
You can now ask Google to remove phone numbers from search results
You can also have Google pull addresses and login details.
Meta's Oversight Board recommends stricter anti-doxxing policies
The company had previously asked for the feedback.We have two newsletters, why not sign up for both?
Facebook, Google and Twitter threaten to leave Hong Kong over privacy law changes
They're worried they may be held liable for users' doxxing campaigns.
Google removes Maps targeting Thai dissidents and activists
Custom maps are now being used as political weapons.
Twitter bans right-wing activist group Project Veritas
Twitter also temporarily locked the founder's account.
New Jersey law bars doxxing campaigns against judges, prosecutors and police
Potential victims can demand that content gets pulled.
Twitter bans financial site Zero Hedge over false coronavirus claims
It shared personal details for a Chinese scientist in an apparent threat.
Twitter says it's better at spotting abusive tweets than users
More than 50 percent of tweets removed for abusive content didn't involve a user report.
Two-thirds of online gamers in the US experience 'severe' harassment
And according to an ADL survey, nearly 30 percent have been doxxed.
YouTube declines to pull videos containing homophobic, racist attacks
It claims Steven Crowder is 'debating' despite bigoted language.
Twitter says new tools automatically flag 38 percent of abusive tweets
The company announced several changes for a healthier Twitter.
Former Senate IT worker pleads guilty to doxxing senators on Wikipedia
He broke into his former employer's office to expose politicians' details.
Google hopes to quell internal fighting with new rules
It's dealing with much more than the fallout from last year.
Senators introduce bill to criminalize revenge porn
The Act would mean the Department of Justice could properly address the issue.
After Las Vegas shooting, Facebook and Google get the news wrong again
Both were promoting fake stories for hours, before eventually taking them down.
Proposed bill would make doxxing a federal crime
It would also address swatting, revenge porn and sextortion.
Crafty prisoners hid DIY computers, committed identity theft
And they stashed the machines in a ceiling. Yes, seriously.
Reddit bans 'alt-right' community over harassment
The r/altright subreddit allegedly published personal info for its targets.
