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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Paul Karp Chief political correspondent

Labor wants to make ‘doxing’ a crime but how would the proposed laws work?

Mark Dreyfus
The attorney general Mark Dreyfus is planning legislation to make doxing illegal and introduce the right to sue for serious invasion of privacy. Photograph: Flavio Brancaleone/AAP

The Albanese government’s proposal to ban doxing could include penalties for “de-anonymising”, “targeting” and “delegitimising” people in public debate.

On Monday the attorney general, Mark Dreyfus, announced that his department has begun 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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