How Elon Musk and the right are trying to recast reporting as ‘doxxing’

For years, journalists have written about the social media posts of government employees to help reveal the positions, motivations and actions of public officials.

But when a journalist recently trained that same lens on Elon Musk’s new government efficiency program, the billionaire suggested that the reporting might be illegal, joining other powerful figures connected to the Trump administration who have made similar claims in recent weeks.

The offense, they argue, is doxxing: publishing private information about someone with malicious intent. 

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