Musk Critics Including Laura Loomer Claim Censorship on X, Loss of X Badges

[u/Doctor_Byronic]

https://www.cf.org/news/musk-critics-including-laura-loomer-claim-censorship-on-x-loss-of-x-badges/

[u/Doctor_Byronic]

Who said anything about doxxing?

[u/Doctor_Byronic → u/[deleted]]

Doxxing is the publishing of private information. Public flight data is by definition not private. Elon classified it as a form of doxxing because he personally doesn't like it, but that doesn't change the definition of the word.

[u/StarMNF → u/Doctor_Byronic]

I’d challenge you to consider that the distinction between “public” and “private” information is fuzzy, and it’s a poorly defined concept at best.

If I happen to see you walking home one day, I now know where you live. This information was “publicly” shared with everyone who saw you that day. And certainly having your eyes open and noticing something is not a crime.

Does this then become “private” information if I share it with a wider audience?

Regardless, if I share that information and it wasn’t widely known, most people would say that’s “doxxing”. Is it a crime? Probably not, or else most paparazzi would be in jail. But it’s still doxxing, as the term is common used.

So I think defining “doxxing” as “sharing private information” is a bad definition, given the ambiguity.

I would define it as “Making information that could be used to harass someone significantly more WIDELY known.”

Both the cases of me sharing your home address, and someone sharing Elon’s flight data on X, meet that criteria.