Maine Republican Demands Bill To Post Welfare Recipients' Addresses Online
The Mayor of Lewiston, Maine, has figured out the answer to society’s ills, and it comes in the form of public shaming.
Felicia Day Says She's Afraid of Gamergate, Immediately Gets Doxxed
Actress and geek icon Felicia Day had stayed relatively silent about #Gamergate, the anti-feminist troll mob that's been targeting women in gaming for the past two months. But on Wednesday, she expressed her worst fears about the movement: That if she spoke up against it, her personal information would be spread on…
Obama, Clinton, Biden, Jay-Z Doxxed: 'Hackers' Snag Financial Records, Socials, Credit Reports
A group of apparently Russian hackers, working on the website "exposed.su," claims to have published the private personal information of—or "doxxed"—17 politicians and celebrities. Victims include Michelle Obama, Jay-Z, Beyoncé, Attorney General Eric Holder, FBI Director Robert Mueller, all of whom had credit reports…
Let Me Introduce Myself: Farewell to Mobutu Sese Seko
My name is Jeb Lund, I am a 35-year-old married WASP, and it was never my plan to become a deceased African dictator.
Here Is a List of All the Assholes Handsome Law-Abiding Citizens Who Own Guns Some People in New York City
Last month, the Journal News sparked a firestorm of protest when it published a mappable database of every licensed gun owner in Westchester and Rockland counties, north of New York City. The paper obtained the data—which New York state law explicitly and unambiguously demands be made public—through open records…
The Newspaper That Published Personal Information of Local Gun Owners Now Has Armed Guards
The saga of the Journal News' decision to publish the names and addresses of gun owners in Rockland County now has another chapter.
Home Addresses of New York Journalists Who Published Contact Information of Local Gun Owners Publicly Identified By Competing Newspaper
If that bulky headline didn't give you warning enough, prepare to jump down the rabbit hole now. Cast your mind back to a few days ago. Neetzan Zimmerman noted that local New York paper the Journal News' decision to publish the names and addresses of gun owners in Rockland County had come under criticism:
In Retaliation for Map of Gun Permit Holders, Blogger Lists Names and Addresses of Newspaper Staff
In response to the controversy surrounding the interactive map of local gun permit holders published by a Lower Hudson Valley newspaper, one blogger decided to punish the paper's staff members by invoking a well-established principle of biblical law: A dox for a dox.
Newspaper Publishes Names, Addresses of Local Gun Permit Holders; Some People Have a Problem with This
Doxxing has officially gone mainstream: The controversial practice of posting an individual's personal contact information in the name of public interest has been employed by a local New York daily to out area gun permit holders — much to the offense of many in conservative circles.
