Bernie Sanders's Supporters Doxed a Critic on Twitter

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Unhappy that the tweet above was shown on MSNBC when they covered the #MyBernieStory hashtag campaign, Sanders campaign employees and several notable supporters are encouraging the doxing of that detractor.

Here is Sam Seder, retweeted by Dave Sirota (senior advisor and speechwriter for the Sanders campaign), retweeting doxed info (I’ve redacted the identifying information):

Here’s Briahna Joy Gray, Sanders’s National Press Secretary, encouraging others to dox the critic. 

Other Sanders fans have posted the user’s image, his LinkedIn profile, and his full name. I get that having your twitter hashtag marketing campaign co-opted is annoying. Retaliating by publishing and encouraging others to publish personally identifying information of someone who has chosen to post pseudonymously is dangerous, amateurish bullshit. Sanders should apologize for his staff’s behavior. Twitter should put all of the users who published doxed info on a nice, long timeout. 

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More media blue checks on twitter defending doxxing.

David Atkins:  

Ryan Grim:

Walter Bragman: 

The Intercept hires some real winners. One would think a serious journalist wouldn’t have to resort to weasel words like “possibly astroturfed influencer”. 

Look how clever these journalists are: