Anti far-right campaigners say Labor’s anti-doxing laws could be weaponised

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Group tells attorney general’s department that not all doxing is harmful and therefore bad or undesirable

Anti-fascist research group the White Rose Society has warned the Australian government that its push for new anti-doxing laws are a “quick fix” for complex problems that could be weaponised against reporting and have negative consequences for society.

In March the attorney general, Mark Dreyfus, announced consultation for new laws that will include a right to sue for serious invasion of privacy and a criminal offence of doxing.

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