So we're just letting people be hounded out of public service now?

Why do we even have laws about harassment if people can just chuck private information online and watch the mob descend? It’s frankly pathetic that a volunteer doing good work for the community, like those RNLI folks, can have their home address plastered everywhere and be subjected to abuse. It’s like we’ve forgotten that people have lives outside of whatever cause they’re involved in.

We need a much clearer, more robust system for tackling online harassment and doxxing. This shouldn't just be about punishing the individuals who post the information, but also about holding the platforms accountable when they fail to remove it quickly. It feels like currently, the burden is entirely on the victim to prove harm, which is just backward. We should have a default presumption that publishing someone's private details with malicious intent is illegal and requires swift removal.