Pedro S\u00e1nchez's government has been displaying authoritarian attitudes for years, and these are increasingly widespread, including on the internet.<\/p>\n
In recent hours, and while his Ministry faces a serious scandal for hiring prostitutes<\/a> and placing an ex-partner of the former minister in public companies<\/a> in which she was earning a salary without working, the Minister of Transport, \u00d3scar Puente, has chosen the most crude and toxic way to conduct a distraction campaign<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Puente praises an anonymous user who reveals other people's personal data<\/big><\/p>\n This Saturday, the minister shared<\/a> a post from an anonymous leftist account that is dedicated to revealing names and other personal data of anonymous users<\/strong>, without their consent, a practice that some have been carrying out for years on that social network and that has the purpose of exposing them to possible reprisals<\/strong>.<\/p>\n In a message published this Sunday, after one of the users who saw their personal data exposed closed their account for fear of retaliation, Puente justified what happened by stating<\/a>:<\/p>\n He closed the account because he wanted to. No one censored anything. If your opinions embarrass you, the problem isn't a lack of freedom<\/strong>, but rather your opinions, which you know the vast majority of society rejects. Cowardly, whiny far-right.<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n INCIBE points out that doxing is a cyberbullying practice<\/big><\/p>\n It's scandalous that a minister would publish a message like this from an institutional account<\/strong> (Puente's profile displays the gray logo that Twitter assigns to public officials). But even more so is the fact of seeing a minister cheering on doxihg<\/strong>, a practice that the National Cybersecurity Institute (INCIBE) defines as follows<\/a>:<\/p>\n Doxing is the practice of revealing a person's personal information online without their consent<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n In an infographic on \"doxing\"<\/a>, INCIBE encourages people to report this practice to law enforcement agencies<\/strong>. This official institution shows what this practice entails and poses the following question: \"What could happen to you if someone doxes you?<\/strong>\"<\/em> The answer is summarized in five points:<\/p>\n In 2020, INCIBE warned against \"doxing\" in an article on \"new forms of cyberbullying\"<\/a>, pointing it out as a practice that is usually experienced by minors who suffer extortion as a result<\/strong>.<\/p>\n INCIBE depends on the government of which Puente is a part<\/big><\/p>\n It should be noted that INCIBE is a public entity dependent on the Ministry of Digital Transformation<\/strong>, that is, the same government to which \u00d3scar Puente belongs.<\/p>\n UN Women and BBVA have also warned against these practices.<\/big><\/p>\n INCIBE is not the only institution that has warned against this practice. In June 2024, UN Women cited \"doxing\" as a form of \"violence against women\"<\/a>.<\/p>\n From the private sector, one of Spain's leading financial institutions, BBVA, has warned against \"doxing\" by stating:<\/a> <\/p>\n The purpose of this fraudulent practice may be cyberbullying, extortion, or coercion.<\/strong> In addition, criminals may also use the information to access victims' social media profiles and impersonate them.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n In January, S\u00e1nchez announced that he wanted to eliminate the right to anonymity on the Internet<\/big><\/p>\n It is scandalous to see a minister cheering on these practices, but we were warned.<\/strong> As you may recall, in January Pedro S\u00e1nchez announced his intention to end the right to anonymity on social media<\/a>, justifying this serious attack on the right to privacy by comparing buying a gun with using a social network to express an opinion or disseminate information<\/strong>. Seeing \u00d3scar Puente's behavior in recent hours, we can now get an idea of \u200b\u200bwhat the government intends to unleash with this attack on privacy<\/strong>.<\/p>\n ---<\/p>\n
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