Doxing and The Internet ethics (1) Today, I discussed Doxing with Cait in our class. In China, we have a similar term called "human flesh search engine", which refers to the Internet practice of a lot of users searching and collecting someone's private information and posting this information online to attack the person. One example I remember was in the early 2000s, at the time the Internet was just starting popular, a female user wrote a post complaining that her husband was having an affair. Her post was very emotional and infective. Therefore, many readers felt so angry about the other woman that they were cursing her out, and even worse, they figured out her identity in the real life. They posted her name, phone number and address on the Internet. People called to humiliate her and went her home to detest her. Her life was totally ruined. It seems extreme and crazy today. But at that time, the Internet had less regulations and it gave people the power they had never experienced before. Attention can be gained easily and calls(?) can be answered quickly. People felt so powerful that they thought they could judge other one's life. Especially when they were sharing a group mind, they actually didn't know what they were doing and what their behavior could cause. It was acting like a group that made them excited.