Today’s “Word of the Day” is “dox” and it is a verb meaning “to gather private or identifying information about a person in a malicious way and release it online without his/her permission, usually with the aim of harassing, threatening, shaming or exacting revenge”.
Example Sentence: New Twitter owner Elon Musk’s decision to suspend several journalists covering his activities from his platform after he said they were “doxing” him, meanwhile, is a useful reminder that revolutionaries often end up morphing into what they once decried. Having previously declared too much content moderation “contrary to the will of the people”, Musk seems to have decided there are limits to free speech after all, especially when it’s him you’re talking about.
This word is present in The Guardian article From Musk to Truss, 2022 was the year reckless populists came crashing down to Earth and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Guardian
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