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Doxxing (from docs, abbreviation for “documents”) is the “Internet-based practice of researching and broadcasting private or identifiable information (especially personally identifiable information) about an individual or organization” (Wikipedia). It is practiced for example by neo-fascists to intimidate people they don’t like (muslim preachers, mayors of villages that host migrant accommodation etc.). This of course arouses vigorous protestations because it may significantly impact the private life of doxxed people.
It is also practiced by representatives of the mainstream ideology who are doxxing people they don’t like, such as those who were demonstrating in Charlottesville in August 2017, including Peter Cvjetanovic, a 20 year old student at Nevada University who was identified on photographs and then doxxed. As a consequence, a shit storm required Nevada University to fire Cvjetanovic but the University President refused, saying that he will not undertake any politically motivated purification of his University, where people from all political orientations are welcome.
Doxxing is not undisputed within the mainstream (see this statement against it, relating specifically to Cvjetanovic), but there is substantial support for it and many believe that this is the right thing to do. A significant difference with doxxing practiced by neo-fascists is that these have little or no societal or business impact and are not in power. The mainstream ideology is, and it takes some guts for a University President to resist: his business may be affected (“you are protecting fascist students, I won’t study at your University / won’t send my kids to your University” etc.). Neo-fascists are doxxing and may be calling for physical violence against their targets, but they are not calling for any social consequences such as their targets being fired from University or from their job.