Senator pulls anti-doxing bill after sustained debate over scope and penalties
Senator Garner introduced a bill to criminalize 'doxing' of minors; committee members, defense attorneys and First Amendment lawyers raised concerns about broad definitions, felony penalties and potential impacts on teenagers and parental speech. The sponsor withdrew the bill to work on amendments.
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Senator Garner introduced legislation aimed at criminalizing the online publication of personally identifying information about minors with the intent to intimidate, harass or threaten, saying the measure was prompted by widely publicized incidents at the Lincoln Memorial and the subsequent harassment of students. He described the offense as requiring three elements: personally identifying information (examples listed in the bill), publication on a social-media site and a purpose to intimidate, harass, threaten or frighten the minor; he added that a conviction as drafted would be a class C felony.
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