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

THE TRUTH ABOUT: Labor wants to make doxing a crime but how would the proposed laws work - Caught on Camera

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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