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I definitely see your point, I’d be consulting a bunch of lawyers if I were Sweeney just to be sure. California’s (cyber)stalking/harassment laws are pretty specific on what constitutes doxxing and stalking, though. For the sake of this conversation between laymen, I just don’t see it.

Musk can do whatever he wants on twitter and IANAL so what do I know, but between the public interest argument and the public availability of the information, I don’t think Musk has a reasonable expectation of privacy.

That said, anyone using the information to follow him around or harass him is liable to get prosecuted.



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