Anti-doxing Information and Resources
Last Updated March 18, 2026
While it is impossible to eliminate all risk of online harassment, there are steps you can take to protect yourself and mitigate harms. Below are some digital security resources as well as information about legal and practical steps you can explore if you have been doxed.
Please note: Nothing in this document constitutes legal advice. The general information provided is intended to help you weigh your options and understand the legal and technical landscape of doxing.
Guides on online privacy and digital hygiene to prevent doxing:
1. Digital Defense’s Guide for the Doxxed
2. Equality Labs’ Anti-Doxing Guide for Activists
3. Coconet’s Digital Hygiene 101
4. Access Now’s “Staying Safe Online in the Context of Conflict in Gaza”
5. Activist Checklist’s Doxxing Defense Checklist
Social media sites and hosting providers often prohibit online harassment in their terms of use, so if you find yourself or another person targeted by one of these sites, be sure to report the violation and encourage others to do so. Also report online hate speech, incitement, smear campaigns and more to 7amleh here. Know the risks of sharing information via social media and learn more about the FBI and the Monitoring of Social Media Activity.
Because of recent efforts to pressure employers to fire Palestinians and others who speak out in solidarity with Palestine, be especially mindful of sharing employer information on social media sites, including LinkedIn. You may also want to explore paid services that can remove your information from data broker websites.
Legal landscape
Below is some basic information about the legal landscape related to doxing and cyber-harassment. Note that this does not constitute legal advice, and you should consult a lawyer for advice on your individual circumstances.
Privacy: If the information that is being shared about you was obtained from publicly available sources, for example, your social media posts or recordings of you in public, the law tends to protect the right of the people posting that information rather than your right not to be smeared.
If the information was stolen or otherwise illegally obtained, there may be legal options available for the invasion of your privacy, and you may also be successful in having the content removed from Google search results (see more on this below).
Defamation: Defamation lawsuits can be difficult to win and often very time-consuming and costly. If these websites are publishing accurate factual information about you, for example, the school you attend(ed) and clubs you have been involved with, or if they are publishing their opinion about you, for example, calling you racist, these things are unlikely to be considered defamatory.
However, if they publish false statements of fact that harm your reputation, for example, if they claim you said or did something bad that you did not say or do, that could be something that an attorney with experience in defamation could help with.
Removing Copyrighted Content: Unless there is an agreement to the contrary, any photo you take is something you automatically own the copyright to, so a doxing website may be violating copyright law if they use a photo you have taken without your consent and you could demand that they take down that photo. If your photo was taken by another person, the photographer would generally be the owner of the copyright and would have to be the one to make the demand that the photo be taken down.
Some states have anti-doxing laws that create penalties for the publication of personal information with the intent to harm, but the specifics vary by state. While laws may change over time, this state-by-state guide may be helpful. Please note that there may have been new developments in the law since that guide was published.
Ultimately, the most effective steps in addressing doxing may be non-legal steps:
1. Trying to get Google search results removed from Google can have a big impact. If you see your doxing profile in the search results for your name, you can click the three dots next to the name of the site, click remove result, and add the reasons for removing the result, for example because it contains personal information or because it violates copyright.
2. You can use search engine optimization to push doxing profiles down in the rankings for Google searches of your name. This is something that 7amleh, the organization linked above, may be able to help with. The creation of positive or neutral pages may help add context that mitigates the harm done by doxing websites.
3. Be prepared to talk about your doxing if someone brings it up in your workplace or some other context where you think the site's smear campaign might harm you – some people who are thoughtful might give you the opportunity to respond before making up their minds. The most important thing is to be able to talk about why Palestine matters to you and why the site is attacking you and to be able to provide resources to the person asking so they can learn more. You can also contextualize what these doxing websites are, and help your audience understand their goal to expose individuals to harassment and threat for expressing their views. Consider preparing 30 second spiel about your doxing and about why they are targeting you and to practice saying that out loud so that you feel confident and ready in case anyone does ask. You may want to highlight the following:
What these websites are:
Any incorrect information on your profile.
Why you are being targeted:
It can be helpful to contextualize why you are being targeted within the greater goal of these websites. Usually, their goal is to try to silence political advocacy in support of Palestine by making an example out of outspoken individuals.
These websites are often designed to intimidate people by putting their employment or physical safety at risk.
You may have been targeted for exercising your First Amendment rights, or supporting or participating in an organization that you care about. Consider trying to share why you support these issues in the first place.
Who is being targeted by these hateful websites:
Oftentimes, they target Palestinian, Arab, Muslim and other communities of color for harassment.
Sometimes, you can point to other known public figures in your company who have been targeted. For example, Canary Mission has profiles on many elected officials or reputable journalists who do great work. They’ve also targeted individuals for merely being part of organizations that do great civil society work.
Here are two examples of articles that you might be able to share to give context on the strategies of some of these websites:
Finally, it’s important to remember that the goal of these sites is to silence support for Palestinian freedom. We hope this guidance will help you continue to be bold in voicing your support for Palestine.