Jews Working To Change Laws To Dox White People

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Morfeld was born July 22, 1985, at Long Beach Naval Station in California. In 2003, he graduated from Lincoln High School in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.[2]

In 2009, he graduated from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) with a BA in political science. He received a Juris Doctorate from the University of Nebraska College of Law in 2012. During his time as a law student, he was a member of the Nebraska Law Review. He specializes in voting rights and non-profit administration and compliance.[1]

In 2008, while an undergraduate at UNL, Morfeld founded Nebraskans for Civic Reform (NCR), now called Civic Nebraska.[1][3] The nonprofit group describes its purpose as advancing civic education, civic health and voting rights work in Nebraska.[4] As of 2020, Civic Nebraska had offices in Lincoln, Omaha, Grand Island, and employed over 70 full and part-time staff.

They are starting in the heartland, not in NY, CA or any of the coastal areas where the majority of Jews live.

Doxing Should Be Illegal. Reporting Extremists Should Not.

We live more and more in digital spaces, so we have to work harder to distinguish protected online speech from unprotected online conduct. In the wake of the attack at the U.S. Capitol on January 6—an attack that was planned, mobilized and livestreamed online—this work has gained an even greater sense of urgency, especially when it comes to doxing.
 
Many people define doxing as posting someone's personal information online. But doxing as a blanket term threatens to ignore the crucial difference between criminal doxing on the one hand, and, on the other hand, lawfully identifying people online, where the purpose may be to protect others, track down extremists or report on a public interest story. This is why ADL and State Senator Adam Morfeld worked together to introduce legislation to outlaw criminal doxing in Nebraska. It is time to protect targets of this behavior better while upholding constitutional speech rights.

It is essential to dispel confusion around the conduct that an anti-doxing statute targets and differentiates it from lawful activity that would not give rise to liability. For example, unlawful doxing is different from the work that activists and researchers—including those at ADL—are now engaging in to identify extremists and help law enforcement agencies investigate the rioters who violently stormed the Capitol. These activists and researchers are not operating with a criminal mental state. The same goes for journalists who break important stories, people who take on powerful institutions and interests by disclosing information (for example about the source of political donations), and people who report abuses of power or otherwise act as whistleblowers. To the extent that these people are publishing information to share facts—and not acting with a level of intent that the information posted will be used to carry out criminal conduct such as death, injury or stalking—the Nebraska anti-doxing law would not apply. And that is how it should be.
 
People concerned about the legal overreach of doxing bills and protecting free speech values both on and offline rightfully raise serious and legitimate questions when it comes to codifying anti-doxing legislation. We know that marginalized communities are disproportionately affected by the criminal justice system. Criminal statutes, even those passed with good intentions, have been misused and weaponized against these communities in the past. But we also know these individuals are the same people being harassed and terrorized online based on race, religion, sexual orientation and other identifying characteristics, forced out of digital spaces, silenced and harmed, and left without recourse. Nebraska's anti-doxing law has been drafted with these distinctions and needs carefully in mind.

ADL has long been a strong advocate for First Amendment rights, but it is also a fervent advocate for targets of hate and identity-based harassment. An important part of ADL's work to combat extremists and hate groups is to identify and monitor individuals who promote dangerous ideologies through our Center on Extremism. At the same time, ADL's Center for Technology and Society has shed light on the power of online harassment and its impact. For this reason, ADL is uniquely positioned to lead on efforts like Backspace Hate, an advocacy initiative to counter online hate and harassment, including doxing. 
 
ADL has worked closely with Sen. Morfeld and other lawmakers to walk a fine line. We want to protect individuals who are doxed, while protecting individuals who identify bad actors, assist with criminal investigations, act as whistleblowers, create art and publish newsworthy stories. We need shared definitions about what is and is not allowed online. We also need updated legal standards that acknowledge the importance of living our lives fully, on and offline. The Nebraska legislation is an important step in the right direction.