4 years ago, in response to being doxed and smeared by far-right activists for my work on racism, I made myself a website. Wanted to influence what people found. Now, it has had more than 10 000 views. Proud of what came out of that distressful experience. johanfarkas.com
Solidarity with everyone who experience doxing and attacks. We need to talk much more about this in academia - and build support networks!
At the time, I was only just finishing my Master's degree and had only published very little. My research on fake Muslim Facebook pages got some press coverage in Denmark, however. And that led to the attacks. I was certainly not ready and did not have a great support network.
Luckily, I am at an institution now that takes it seriously - and with PhD supervisors that support me! But there is still a lot to be done. And I hope I will be able help other young scholars in that situation in the future.
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