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Committee carries over doxing bill after concerns about intent and scope
Summary
Lawmakers debated HB106, a proposed doxing law, with senators raising questions about how to prove intent, the breadth of covered material, and the risk of capturing innocuous social posts; the committee carried the bill over for further drafting.
Representative Given presented HB106, described as a companion to SB203, to criminalize doxing by making it a crime to intentionally publish another person’s or their family's identifying information online when it can cause harm. "A person commits a crime of doxing if she intentionally shares someone's ... information, address, anything online that can cause harm to this individual," Given told the committee.
Several senators…
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