In a response to questions on the Kickstarter page for doxing platform Social Autopsy, someone associated with the project outlines what the criteria for inclusion in the project will be:
I just want to stress we are only publishing hate speech as defined by the law. “hate speech is any speech, gesture or conduct, writing, or display which is forbidden because it may incite violence or prejudicial action against or by a protected individual or group, or because it disparages or intimidates a protected individual or group.” Hate speech isn’t saying “I hate the jets”, hate speech is saying “Any person who supports the Jets I am going to have them lynched because they are a dirty explicits.” Big difference between having a difference in opinion and actually threatening someone.
For fuck’s sake. That is not a legal definition of hate speech, but rather is copy/pasted from the Wikipedia entry on hate speech (emphasis added),
In the law of some countries, hate speech is any speech, gesture or conduct, writing, or display which is forbidden because it may incite violence or prejudicial action against or by a protected individual or group, or because it disparages or intimidates a protected individual or group.
I have to wonder how far the idiots behind this site will go. In Saudi Arabia, for example, it is “hate speech” to criticize Islam. Will Social Autopsy be doxing Saudi Arabian citizens who disparage their country’s official religion online?