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Subcommittee hears competing views on Anti-Doxxing Act; First Amendment concerns raised
Summary
Senate Bill 27, the proposed Georgia Anti-Doxxing Act, received a hearing with testimony both supporting stronger criminal penalties for malicious doxxing and questioning whether the bill's language would survive constitutional review under the First Amendment.
Senate Bill 27, the Georgia Anti-Doxxing Act, received extended debate in the Judiciary subcommittee as sponsor Senator John Albers described the bill's intent to criminalize the malicious online publication of personally identifiable information (PII) and to elevate certain aggravated acts to felony-level offenses.
Albers told the committee the bill defines doxxing, imposes misdemeanor penalties for ordinary doxxing, and a felony for aggravated doxxing when the actor intends to cause death or bodily injury. He said sponsors worked with former Attorney General Sam Owens and…
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