The Australian government said on Tuesday it will outlaw doxxing—the malicious release online of personal or identifying information without the subject’s permission—after pro-Palestinian activists published personal details of hundreds of Jewish people in Australia.
00:00 The Albanese Government is committed to protecting the safety of Australians and stronger privacy protections for individuals are essential.
00:10 The increasing use of online platforms to harm people through practices like doxing, the malicious release of their personal information without their permission, is a deeply disturbing development.
00:24 The recent targeting of members of the Australian Jewish community through those practices like doxing was shocking, but sadly this is far from being an isolated incident.
00:37 We live in a vibrant multicultural community which we should strive to protect.
00:43 No Australian should be targeted because of their race or because of their religion.
00:50 We've already got some provisions through the e-Safety Commissioner that enable online platforms to be required to take down.
01:01 We've seen the e-Safety Commissioner not only sending take down notices but imposing penalties.
01:07 That's one of the measures that we're certainly going to be looking at in relation to this practice of doxing.
