Dreyfus announces Doxxing crimes

As laws were introduced to parliament to criminalise the practice, also known as doxxing, on Thursday, the Labor government came under fire for watering down a proposal to ban hate speech and vilification.

People found to have doxxed someone will face a maximum of six years in prison, while offenders will get up to seven years behind bars if a person has been targeted due to factors such as race, religion or sexual orientation.

Doxxing refers to revealing a person’s private information such as phone numbers or addresses without their consent and is often used to encourage harassment.

Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus said people who had been doxxed were often subject to significant risks.

“Doxxing exposes victims to significant and enduring harm, including public embarrassment, humiliation, shaming, discrimination, stalking and identify theft and financial fraud,” he told parliament.

https://citynews.com.au/2024/doxxing-crackdown-to-carry-seven-years-jail/

the Lab mob are going to build more federal prisons too hey.

while I agree that doxxing should be a criminal offence, and obviously this is intended as a deterrent measure, it is likely to result in more people becoming prisoners.

surely theres a better way to deter idiots from doing stupid things to harm others.

so while doxxing is a live, malicious issue..... wouldn't it be better to confiscate the offenders property, their most loved objects, than locking them up in the bin.

prison only achieve increased anger at the world and teaching them to be more clever at committing a broader range of crimes.