Bill to Make ‘Doxing’ Illegal Passes State Senate as Dad of Covington Student Testifies

Bill to Make ‘Doxing’ Illegal Passes State Senate as Dad of Covington Student Testifies
An emblem at the Kentucky State House Chamber in Frankfort, Ky., on April 13, 2018. Bill Pugliano/Getty Images
Bowen Xiao
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Kentucky lawmakers advanced a bill that would make “doxing”—the deliberate broadcasting of others’ personal information online—a crime if done against anyone under the age of 18. At the same time, the father of Covington Catholic High School student Nicholas Sandmann delivered a powerful testimony.

Weeks after student Nicholas Sandmann spoke out on the viral encounter with a Native American protester, a Kentucky Senate committee voted 8 to 3 to advance the proposed Senate Bill 240 on March 6. 
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Bowen Xiao was a New York-based reporter at The Epoch Times. He covers national security, human trafficking and U.S. politics.
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