Kiwi Farms says someone hacked its websiteIt told users that their password, email and device IPs may have been compromised.By K. Holt, 09.19.2022
Cloudflare blocks trans harassment forum Kiwi Farms following escalation of 'targeted threats'For the moment, the website remains accessible through a Russian domain.By I. Bonifacic, 09.04.2022
Anonymous social app Yik Tak left users' precise locations exposedStalkers could easily have tracked users.By J. Fingas, 05.13.2022
You can now ask Google to remove phone numbers from search resultsYou can also have Google pull addresses and login details.By J. Fingas, 04.27.2022
Meta's Oversight Board recommends stricter anti-doxxing policiesThe company had previously asked for the feedback.By J. Fingas, 02.08.2022
Facebook, Google and Twitter threaten to leave Hong Kong over privacy law changesThey're worried they may be held liable for users' doxxing campaigns.By J. Fingas, 07.05.2021
Google removes Maps targeting Thai dissidents and activistsCustom maps are now being used as political weapons.By J. Fingas, 06.29.2021
Twitter bans right-wing activist group Project VeritasTwitter also temporarily locked the founder's account.By J. Fingas, 02.13.2021
New Jersey law bars doxxing campaigns against judges, prosecutors and policePotential victims can demand that content gets pulled.By J. Fingas, 11.22.2020
Twitter bans financial site Zero Hedge over false coronavirus claimsIt shared personal details for a Chinese scientist in an apparent threat.By J. Fingas, 02.02.2020
Twitter says it's better at spotting abusive tweets than usersMore than 50 percent of tweets removed for abusive content didn't involve a user report.By I. Bonifacic, 10.24.2019
Two-thirds of online gamers in the US experience 'severe' harassmentAnd according to an ADL survey, nearly 30 percent have been doxxed.By C. Fisher, 07.25.2019
YouTube declines to pull videos containing homophobic, racist attacksIt claims Steven Crowder is 'debating' despite bigoted language.By J. Fingas, 06.05.2019
Twitter says new tools automatically flag 38 percent of abusive tweetsThe company announced several changes for a healthier Twitter. By A. Khalid, 04.16.2019
Former Senate IT worker pleads guilty to doxxing senators on WikipediaHe broke into his former employer's office to expose politicians' details.By J. Fingas, 04.06.2019
Google hopes to quell internal fighting with new rulesIt's dealing with much more than the fallout from last year.By J. Fingas, 06.27.2018
Senators introduce bill to criminalize revenge pornThe Act would mean the Department of Justice could properly address the issue.By R. England, 11.28.2017
After Las Vegas shooting, Facebook and Google get the news wrong againBoth were promoting fake stories for hours, before eventually taking them down.By E. Alvarez, 10.02.2017
Proposed bill would make doxxing a federal crimeIt would also address swatting, revenge porn and sextortion.By S. Krishna, 06.29.2017