Editing Privacy (section)

====Online harassment====
{{main|Online harassment}}
{{further|Revenge porn|Doxxing|Content moderation}}

An invasion of someone's privacy may be widely and quickly disseminated over the Internet. When social media sites and other online communities fail to invest in [[content moderation]], an invasion of privacy can expose people to a much greater volume and degree of harassment than would otherwise be possible. [[Revenge porn]] may lead to [[misogynist]] or [[homophobic]] harassment, such as in the [[suicide of Amanda Todd]] and the [[suicide of Tyler Clementi]]. When someone's physical location or other sensitive information is leaked over the Internet via [[doxxing]], harassment may escalate to direct physical harm such as [[stalking]] or [[swatting]].

Despite the way breaches of privacy can magnify online harassment, online harassment is often used as a justification to curtail [[freedom of speech]], by removing the expectation of privacy via [[#Anonymity|anonymity]], or by enabling law enforcement to invade privacy without a [[search warrant]]. In the wake of Amanda Todd's death, the Canadian parliament proposed a motion purporting to stop bullying, but Todd's mother herself gave testimony to parliament rejecting the bill due to its provisions for warrantless breaches of privacy, stating "I don't want to see our children victimized again by losing privacy rights."<ref name="ctv-todd-mp-motion">{{cite web |url= http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/in-wake-of-amanda-todd-suicide-mps-to-debate-anti-bullying-motion-1.995254 |title= In wake of Amanda Todd suicide, MPs to debate anti-bullying motion |publisher=CTV News |date= October 14, 2012 |author=CTVNews.ca Staff |access-date= October 17, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029213910/http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/in-wake-of-amanda-todd-suicide-mps-to-debate-anti-bullying-motion-1.995254 |archive-date= October 29, 2013 |df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref name="2013 Bill C-13">{{cite web | url=https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2014/05/13/amanda_todds_mother_raises_concerns_about_cyberbullying_bill.html | title=Amanda Todd's mother raises concerns about cyberbullying bill: Families of cyberbullying victims want legislation, but some have concerns about warrantless access to Canadians personal data. | work=www.thestar.com | date=2014-04-13 | access-date=2016-09-12 | author=Boutilier, Alex | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161028011059/https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2014/05/13/amanda_todds_mother_raises_concerns_about_cyberbullying_bill.html | archive-date=October 28, 2016 | df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref name="Justice Committee on May 13th, 2014">{{cite web | url=https://openparliament.ca/committees/justice/41-2/24/carol-todd-1/ | title=Carol Todd's Testimony regarding Bill C-13 | publisher=www.openparliament.ca | date=2014-05-14 | access-date=2016-09-12 | author=Todd, Carol | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160918140017/https://openparliament.ca/committees/justice/41-2/24/carol-todd-1/ | archive-date=September 18, 2016 | df=mdy-all }}</ref>

Even where these laws have been passed despite privacy concerns, they have not demonstrated a reduction in online harassment. When the [[Korea Communications Commission]] introduced a registration system for online commenters in 2007, they reported that malicious comments only decreased by 0.9%, and in 2011 it was repealed.<ref name="chosun-kcc-registration">{{cite web|title=Real-Name Online Registration to Be Scrapped|url=https://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2011/12/30/2011123001526.html|website=[[The Chosun Ilbo]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230423035426/https://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2011/12/30/2011123001526.html|archive-date=2023-04-23|url-status=live}}</ref> A subsequent analysis found that the set of users who posted the most comments actually increased the number of "aggressive expressions" when forced to use their real name.<ref name="kcc-law-real-name-analysis">{{cite conference|url=https://www.computer.org/csdl/proceedings-article/hicss/2012/06149194/12OmNyKJiDq|title=Empirical analysis of online anonymity and user behaviors: the impact of real name policy|author-link1=A. Acquisti|author-link2=Soodong Kim|author-link3=Daegon Cho|year=2012|publisher=[[IEEE Computer Society]]|edition=45th|conference=Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences}}</ref>

In the US, while federal law only prohibits online harassment based on protected characteristics such as gender and race,<ref name="us-federal-cyberbullying">{{cite web|title=Law, Policies and Regulations|date=24 September 2019 |url=https://www.stopbullying.gov/resources/laws|access-date=2023-06-19}}</ref> individual states have expanded the definition of harassment to further curtail speech: Florida's definition of online harassment includes "any use of data or computer software" that "Has the effect of substantially disrupting the orderly operation of a school."<ref name="florida-cyberbullying">{{cite web|title=Florida Anti-Bullying Laws and Policies|date=24 September 2019 |url=https://www.stopbullying.gov/resources/laws/florida|access-date=2023-06-19}}</ref>