{"id":115208,"date":"2024-08-21T17:00:42","date_gmt":"2024-08-21T15:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=115208"},"modified":"2024-08-21T08:58:53","modified_gmt":"2024-08-21T06:58:53","slug":"24-00-99","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=115208","title":{"rendered":"New York Times Reporter Apologizes for Leaking Personal Data From Jewish Group Chat Later Used to Harass Jews"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>New York Times Reporter Apologizes for Leaking Personal Data From Jewish Group Chat Later Used to Harass Jews<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n

Shiryn Ghermezian<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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A taxi passes by in front of The New York Times head office, Feb. 7, 2013. Photo: Reuters \/ Carlo Allegri \/ File.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

A reporter for\u00a0The New York Times<\/em>\u00a0has apologized for leaking data from a WhatsApp group chat for Jews in Australia that was then published online by anti-Israel activists who also harassed members of the chat.<\/span><\/p>\n

Natasha Frost told\u00a0The Wall Street Journal<\/em><\/a>\u00a0she shared the information from the group chat with only one person, who disseminated the data without her permission.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIts subsequent dissemination and misuse happened entirely without my knowledge or consent,\u201d she said in a statement shared by a\u00a0Times<\/em>\u00a0spokesperson. \u201cI was shocked by these events, which put me and many others at terrible risk. I deeply regret my decision, and I have no plans to comment further.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The New York Times<\/em>\u00a0has taken disciplinary measures against Frost as a result of the incident. \u201cIt has been brought to our attention that a\u00a0New York Times<\/em>\u00a0reporter inappropriately shared information with the subject of a story to assist the individual in a private matter, a clear violation of our ethics,\u201d a spokesperson for the newspaper told\u00a0The Wall Street Journal<\/em>. \u201cWe have reviewed the matter and taken appropriate action.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Frost \u2014 who is based in Melbourne, Australia \u2014\u00a0writes<\/a>\u00a0The New York Times\u2019<\/em>\u00a0weekday newsletter,\u00a0The Europe Morning Briefing<\/em>. She joined the publication in 2020 and before that worked for other media outlets such as Radio New Zealand and the BBC. She was raised in New Zealand and Singapore, and is a citizen of Austria and the United Kingdom. She graduated from the University of Oxford and Columbia Journalism School. Her latest piece for the\u00a0Times<\/em>\u00a0was published on Monday.<\/span><\/p>\n

In November, Frost obtained access to a WhatsApp group for Jewish creative professionals and academics in Australia that was set up in the aftermath of the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attacks in Israel. In December, several members of the group called for action against the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) because of its decision to hire Lebanese-Australian journalist Antoinette Lattouf to host a Sydney radio show for five days. On social media, Lattouf has criticized Israel\u2019s military actions in the Gaza Strip during the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, accusing the Jewish state of committing war crimes and genocide.<\/span><\/p>\n

ABC ultimately cut Lattouf\u2019s contract short and she filed a complaint, alleging that she faced racial discrimination and an unlawful dismissal. Frost co-wrote a story about Lattouf\u2019s firing that was\u00a0published<\/a>\u00a0by\u00a0The New York Times<\/em>\u00a0on Jan. 23. Frost left the WhatsApp group chat days before the story went live and personal data from the chat was leaked online not long afterward.<\/span><\/p>\n

During her time in the group chat, which had roughly 600 members, Frost downloaded and shared 900 pages worth of content that was later obtained by anti-Israel activists and widely shared online. The activists called it the \u201cZio600\u201d list and published online a transcript of conversations from the group chat, as well as a spreadsheet that included names, photos, job titles, links to their social media accounts, and other personal details of many of the group\u2019s members. Some of those mentioned in the leaked data were also harassed online and in person.<\/span><\/p>\n

One Jewish member of the chat, gift shop owner Joshua Moshe, said he and his wife received hateful emails and phone calls in which they were called baby killers and genocidal maniacs. The couple\u2019s shop in northern Melbourne was vandalized several times, and someone left Moshe an expletive-filled voicemail and then texted him a photo of his five-year-old son. Some group members faced such terrible harassment that they were forced to move or install additional security at their homes.<\/span><\/p>\n

As a result, Australia\u2019s Attorney General Mark Dreyfus proposed passing a new law that would make doxxing a criminal offense.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe increasing use of online platforms to harm people through practices like doxxing, the malicious release of their personal information without their permission, is a deeply disturbing development,\u201d Dreyfus, who is Jewish, told\u00a0reporters<\/a>\u00a0in February. \u201cThe recent targeting of members of the Australian Jewish community through those practices like doxxing was shocking but, sadly, this is far from being an isolated incident.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

In May, the Australian government\u00a0announced<\/a>\u00a0that it would bring forward legislation in early August to outlaw doxxing and amend the country\u2019s Privacy Act.<\/span><\/p>\n

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