Slides from Online News Association conference 2016

1. Dealing with Doxxing
Emma Carew Grovum, The Daily Beast,
@emmacarew
Rose Eveleth, Freelance, @roseveleth
September 17, 2016 #ONA16doxx

2. Ground Rules
✔ General guidelines
✖ Personal stories/experiences
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3. Follow Along:
NOTES:
http://bit.ly/ona16-doxxing
SLIDES:
http://bit.ly/ona16-doxslides
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4. What Is Doxxing?
The publication of a physical residential address, or
information protected by law (social security
numbers, medical records, and so forth).
This often is accompanied by harassment and other
forms of abuse.
September 17, 2016 #ONA16doxx

5. September 17, 2016 #ONA16doxx
What does doxxing look like?
“Good luck kiddo, your deets are on
4chan; you dun goofed, now you've
gotten the worst people on the globe
on your case. You will either have to
move or kill yourself.
http://boards.4chan.org/b/thread/5796
93854, Nazis will be knocking down
your door. Watch out. (Two images
attached)”

6. September 17, 2016 #ONA16doxx

7. How can I plan ahead for
doxxing?
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The first step is realizing that this can
happen for really small things, so nobody is
immune. Plan accordingly.

8. separate,
separate,
separate!
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9. September 17, 2016 #ONA16doxx
Email: have a work email and a personal email.
Phone: have a work phone number and a personal
phone number. Google Voice allows texts, Skype offers
phone numbers as well.
Address: get a PO box or use your employer’s address
for work shipments.

10. Document, but ask for
help doing it.
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11. Stalk yourself.
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How much can you find out about yourself
using FB, Twitter, Whois and third party
information sellers. You’ll probably be
surprised what you can find.

12. Healthcare, Vets
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One tactic harassers like to use is to figure out your
doctor or vet and call them asking for records. Set up a
password/safe word with these offices that only you
know, so that they can’t get these records.

13. September 17, 2016 #ONA16doxx

14. Ask your employers
about their plan.
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15. What can I do if one of
my writers is doxxed?
A suggested checklist for editors
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16. Is anyone in physical
danger?
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17. Does the journalist have access
to his/her company accounts?
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➔Email
➔Slack
➔Content management system
(especially with the ability to publish)
➔Corporate sites (expenses, payroll, etc.)

18. Does the journalist have access to
other shared newsroom logins?
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➔Admin on Facebook/Twitter or other
social publishing platforms
➔Newsletter software
➔Dropbox / Google Drive
➔Trello
➔Nexis

19. Have you communicated the
situation to your editorial team?
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➔What, if anything, sparked the doxxing?
➔Who has been affected?
➔How is the leadership team responding?
➔Are there guidelines for your staff with
regard to public, individual responses?

20. Have you communicated the
situation to your entire company?
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(This may or may not apply to your
newsroom/company. Every workplace and
every team are different!)
And if you DO have a plan in place, let
your team know that you’re looking out.

21. Does your company offer mental
health services?
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➔Make sure employees know what is
covered.
➔Encourage your staff to make use of
these benefits*.
* this is actually just a good general idea!

22. Is someone checking in on the
doxxed journalist?
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This doesn’t need to be super formal, but
the hope is everyone in this situation would
be a good human and check in on their
colleagues.

23. RESOURCES:
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24. Questions?
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