Part of: Prelims and GS-III -Information technology
Context: Meta’s oversight board has suggested Facebook and Instagram to make strict doxxing rules.
Meta was asked to consider doxxing as an offence which should prompt temporary account suspension.
What is doxxing?
Doxxing is publishing and analysing others’ personal information on the internet with a malicious intent that can reveal the person’s real identity making them victims of harassments and cyber-attacks.
The firm highlighted how doxxing is used to shame or punish people who would rather stay anonymous, because of their controversial beliefs or other types of non-mainstream activity.
Doxxing can result in emotional distress, loss of employment and even physical harm or death.
