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Folks, given some disturbing behavior directed towards @ISASaxonists who has talking about racism in academia, it seems like we need a reminder of what is and isn't doxxing. /1

Doxxing is the act of revealing previously *private* information online about an individual or organization. Examples include sharing their address, information about their spouse/spouse's employer, and identifying information about minor children. /2

None of it's okay, but sharing identifying details about minor children is particularly disgusting, and there have been past incidents of photographs of people's children being shared. /3

Merely mentioning someone's name online is NOT doxxing. /4

If someone's name was previous private information, it is absolutely doxxing. If I say your name is Jessica Parr in this reply and it is, then that's not doxxing. If your name is actually Sarah Lately and I reveal that here, it's doxxing. There's nothing complex here.

Agree.