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==Project: February 2024 WhatsApp leak of Jewish creatives and academics==
The February 2024 WhatsApp leak was an incident of mass [[doxing]] when a closed WhatsApp chat titled X was leaked and disseminated online. The leakers adopted the term "Zio600" to referred to the group.
The February 2024 WhatsApp leak of Jewish creatives and academics occurred when the members of a private [[WhatsApp]] group of over 600 [[Australian Jews]] called 'J.E.W.I.S.H creatives and academics' were [[doxing|doxed]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Breakey |first1=Hugh |date=14 February 2024 |title=Doxing or in the public interest? Free speech, 'cancelling' and the ethics of the Jewish creatives' WhatsApp group leak |url=https://theconversation.com/doxing-or-in-the-public-interest-free-speech-cancelling-and-the-ethics-of-the-jewish-creatives-whatsapp-group-leak-223323 |work=The Conversation}}</ref> by a group of anti-Zionist activists. The activists leaked the transcript of the group chat, as well as the names, images, professions and social media accounts of those in the group, affecting hundreds of Jewish Australians working in academia and creative industries. The ostensible justification for the leak was a desire to expose Australian Zionists who, it was contended, were coordinating in the group chat to target pro-Palestinian public figures. The leakers referred to the contents as a "leaked zionist group chat"<ref>{{cite news |last1=le Grand |first1=Chip |date=8 February 2024 |title=Hundreds of Jewish creatives have names, details published online following Whatsapp leak |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/hundreds-of-jewish-creatives-have-names-details-taken-in-leak-published-online-20240208-p5f3if.html |work=Sydney Morning Herald}}</ref> and described the leak as an act of pro-Palestinian activism, adopting the term "Zio600" to refer to the group.
The group X had their details leaked. Reportedly photographs of individuals including children were part of the leak.
The contents of the chat were leaked on social media, with several high-profile public figures sharing the leak. The group involved in the doxing included the writer [[Clementine Ford (writer)|Clementine Ford]]<ref>John Ferguson. [https://www.theaustralian.com.au/dest=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theaustralian.com.au%2Fnation%2Ftheatre-board-splits-over-clementine-ford-booking%2Fnews-story%2Fd6cbb8e7d3d6803b73c2c63fc0670924 "Theatre board splits over Clementine Ford booking."] ''[[The Australian]]''. 23 February 2024. Accessed 1 March 2024.</ref><ref>Alexi Demetriadi. [https://www.theaustralian.com.au/dest=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theaustralian.com.au%2Fnation%2Fpolitical-and-jewish-leaders-raise-clementine-ford-curatorship-red-flag-after-creatives-doxxing%2Fnews-story%2Faae6e8abdd09fb3393711c3c3c9bb544 "Political and Jewish leaders raise Clementine Ford curatorship red flag after creatives doxxing"]. ''[[The Australian]]''. 16 February 2024. Accessed 1 March 2024.</ref>, X, and Y. Several of these public figures defended their actions in the context of the [[Israeli–Palestinian conflict]] and the [[Israel–Hamas war]]. The people involved in leaking the chat stated that they had done so with the participation of "First Nations people and anti-zionist Jews".<ref>{{cite web |title=Australian Jews alarmed after list of 'Zionists' publicized, fueling harassment |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/australian-jews-alarmed-after-publicized-list-of-zionists-fuels-harassment/ |accessdate=2024-02-13 |publisher=[[The Times of Israel]]}}</ref>
Several high-profile public figures were involved in sharing the leak on social media. Several of these public figures defended their actions in the context of the Israel-Palestine 600. The people involved in leaking the chat stated that they had done so with the participation of "First Nations people and anti-zionist Jews".
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Reportedly photographs of children were also leaked.
===Responses===
The leak was widely condemned by leaders of Australia's Jewish community, including Alex Ryvchin, the co-CEO for the peak body for Australian Jews, the [[Executive Council of Australian Jewry]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=le Grand |first1=Chip |date=8 February 2024 |title=Hundreds of Jewish creatives have names, details published online following Whatsapp leak |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/hundreds-of-jewish-creatives-have-names-details-taken-in-leak-published-online-20240208-p5f3if.html |work=Sydney Morning Herald}}</ref> the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies<ref>{{cite news |last1=Greyman-Kennard |first1=Danielle |date=9 February 2024 |title='Jew List' published by Australian pro-Palestinian activists forces families into hiding |url=https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-786099 |work=The Jerusalem Post}}</ref> and the Jewish [[Australian Labor Party]] MP [[Josh Burns]]. Both the governing [[Australian Labor Party]] and the opposition [[Liberal Party of Australia]] were strongly critical of the publication of the list, with the Australian government referring to it as an incident of [[antisemitic]] doxing.
The leak was widely condemned by Australian Jewish groups... The Australian government referred to it as an incident of [[antisemitic]] doxing.
Members of the leaked group faced [[death threats]], including threats made against a five-year old child<ref>{{cite web |title=Australian Jews alarmed after list of 'Zionists' publicized, fueling harassment |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/australian-jews-alarmed-after-publicized-list-of-zionists-fuels-harassment/ |accessdate=2024-02-13 |publisher=[[The Times of Israel]]}}</ref> and one family was reportedly forced into hiding.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Taylor |first1=Josh |date=9 February 2024 |title=Publication of Jewish creatives WhatsApp group led to death threats, MP says |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/feb/09/josh-burns-jewish-whatsapp-group-channel-publication-israel-palestine-clementine-ford |work=The Guardian}}</ref> Several Jewish Australians whose details had been included in the leak reported on the personal and professional toll the leak had taken on them, including being forced to close their businesses<ref>{{cite news |last1=Le Grand |first1=Chip |date=10 February 2024 |title='This isn't advocacy': Social posts on distant conflict tear at close community |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/this-isn-t-advocacy-social-posts-on-distant-conflict-tear-at-close-community-20240208-p5f3h6.html |work=Sydney Morning Herald}}</ref> and saw the leak as part of growing antisemitic intimidation that had previously been absent in Australia.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Koval |first1=Ramona |date=13 February 2024 |title=I'm Jewish. I'm a creative. I was doxxed. How could this happen in Australia? |url=https://www.theage.com.au/national/i-m-jewish-i-m-a-creative-i-was-doxxed-how-could-this-happen-in-australia-20240212-p5f46l.html |work=The Age}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=12 February 2024 |title=Jewish Australians back anti-doxing laws |url=https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/radionational-breakfast/jewish-australians-back-anti-doxing-laws/103458190 |accessdate=2024-02-23 |publisher=ABC RN Breakfast}}</ref>
The incident attracted worldwide press attention.▼
▲The incident attracted worldwide press attention.
Members of the group were targeted and some recounted that they were forced to close their businesses.
The source of the leak was later identified as journalist X. X subsequently stated that she had shared the contents of the WhatsApp chat in confidence and that she deeply regretted the fact that it had been made public.
===Legal consequences===
The Albanese government was strongly critical of the publication of the list, and shortly thereafter announced new laws to combat doxing, the malicious release of personal information.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Crowe |first1=David |date=14 February 2024 |title='Doxxing' laws to be brought forward after Jewish WhatsApp leak |url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/doxxing-laws-to-be-brought-forward-after-jewish-whatsapp-leak-20240212-p5f4cc.html |work=Sydney Morning Herald}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=12 September 2024 |title=Australia introduces new hate crime and anti-doxxing legislation amid rising antisemitism |url=https://www.jpost.com/international/article-819799 |access-date=12 September 2024 |work=Jerusalem Post}}</ref> The incident occurred the Australian government to pass new legislation stipulating potential criminal penalties for doxing, defined as the malicious release of private information. The bill was first introduced into Parliament on X and became law on X.
===Commentary===
Some sources argued that the incident was a sign of worsening [[antisemitism]] in Australia. The incident was cited by oneOne source assaid anthat exampleit ofdemonstrated that "antisemitism Down Under [was] turning vicious". Some drew attention to the problematic terminology used by the leakers, including the term "Zio", which wasProfessor David Slucki noted originated as an ethnic slur for originallyJews popularised by the[[white supremacist]] and former head of the [[Ku Klux Klan]] and [[whiteDavid supremacistDuke]].<ref>{{cite [[news |last1=Slucki |first1=David Duke]]|date=15 February 2024 |title=Zionism, anti-Zionism, and the doxxing of the "Zio600": Does compassion have to be a zero-sum game? |url=https://www.abc.net.au/religion/zionism-anti-zionism-doxxing-and-whatsapp-zio600-group/103472344 |work=ABC Religion & Ethics}}</ref>
Conversely, X in The Conversation defended the leak and its dissemination as an example of [[whistleblowing]] rather than doxing.▼
▲Conversely, others defended the leak as being in the public interest. X in [[The Conversation (website)|The Conversation]] defended the leak and its dissemination as an example of [[whistleblowing]] rather than doxing.
In February 2024, a group of anti-Zionist activists shared a leaked transcript of a private Whatsapp group of over 600 people called 'J.E.W.I.S.H creatives and academics', [[doxing]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Breakey |first1=Hugh |title=Doxing or in the public interest? Free speech, 'cancelling' and the ethics of the Jewish creatives' WhatsApp group leak
|url=https://theconversation.com/doxing-or-in-the-public-interest-free-speech-cancelling-and-the-ethics-of-the-jewish-creatives-whatsapp-group-leak-223323 |work=The Conversation |date=14 February 2024}}</ref> hundreds of Jewish people working in academia and creative industries by leaking their names, images, professions and social media accounts. The leakers referred to it as a "leaked zionist group chat"<ref>{{cite news |last1=le Grand |first1=Chip |title=Hundreds of Jewish creatives have names, details published online following Whatsapp leak |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/hundreds-of-jewish-creatives-have-names-details-taken-in-leak-published-online-20240208-p5f3if.html |work=Sydney Morning Herald |date=8 February 2024}}</ref> and described the leak as an act of pro-Palestinian activism, stating the information had been leaked from the WhatsApp group by pro-Palestinian anti-Zionist Jews.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/australian-jews-alarmed-after-publicized-list-of-zionists-fuels-harassment/ |title=Australian Jews alarmed after list of 'Zionists' publicized, fueling harassment |publisher=[[The Times of Israel]] |accessdate=2024-02-13}}</ref> The leakers referred to the list as the ‘Zio600’, with Professor David Slucki noting that the term ‘Zio’ is an ethnic slur for Jews that was popularised by American white supremacist [[David Duke]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Slucki |first1=David |title=Zionism, anti-Zionism, and the doxxing of the "Zio600": Does compassion have to be a zero-sum game? |url=https://www.abc.net.au/religion/zionism-anti-zionism-doxxing-and-whatsapp-zio600-group/103472344 |work=ABC Religion & Ethics |date=15 February 2024}}</ref> The group involved in the doxing included the writer [[Clementine Ford (writer)|Clementine Ford]].<ref>John Ferguson. [https://www.theaustralian.com.au/dest=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theaustralian.com.au%2Fnation%2Ftheatre-board-splits-over-clementine-ford-booking%2Fnews-story%2Fd6cbb8e7d3d6803b73c2c63fc0670924 "Theatre board splits over Clementine Ford booking."] ''[[The Australian]]''. 23 February 2024. Accessed 1 March 2024.</ref><ref>Alexi Demetriadi. [https://www.theaustralian.com.au/dest=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theaustralian.com.au%2Fnation%2Fpolitical-and-jewish-leaders-raise-clementine-ford-curatorship-red-flag-after-creatives-doxxing%2Fnews-story%2Faae6e8abdd09fb3393711c3c3c9bb544 "Political and Jewish leaders raise Clementine Ford curatorship red flag after creatives doxxing"]. ''[[The Australian]]''. 16 February 2024. Accessed 1 March 2024.</ref> Leaders of Australia's Jewish community condemned the incident, including Alex Ryvchin, the co-CEO for the peak body for Australian Jews, the [[Executive Council of Australian Jewry]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=le Grand |first1=Chip |title=Hundreds of Jewish creatives have names, details published online following Whatsapp leak |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/hundreds-of-jewish-creatives-have-names-details-taken-in-leak-published-online-20240208-p5f3if.html |work=Sydney Morning Herald |date=8 February 2024}}</ref> the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies<ref>{{cite news |last1=Greyman-Kennard |first1=Danielle |title='Jew List' published by Australian pro-Palestinian activists forces families into hiding |url=https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-786099 |work=The Jerusalem Post |date=9 February 2024}}</ref> and MP [[Josh Burns]], who stated members of the leaked group had faced [[death threats]], including a five-year old child<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/australian-jews-alarmed-after-publicized-list-of-zionists-fuels-harassment/ |title=Australian Jews alarmed after list of 'Zionists' publicized, fueling harassment |publisher=[[The Times of Israel]] |accessdate=2024-02-13}}</ref> and one family had been forced into hiding.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/feb/09/josh-burns-jewish-whatsapp-group-channel-publication-israel-palestine-clementine-ford|title=Publication of Jewish creatives WhatsApp group led to death threats, MP says|work=The Guardian|date=9 February 2024 |last1=Taylor |first1=Josh }}</ref> Several Jewish Australians whose details had been included in the leak reported on the personal and professional toll the leak had taken on them, including being forced to close their businesses<ref>{{cite news |last1=Le Grand |first1=Chip |title='This isn't advocacy': Social posts on distant conflict tear at close community |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/this-isn-t-advocacy-social-posts-on-distant-conflict-tear-at-close-community-20240208-p5f3h6.html |work=Sydney Morning Herald |date=10 February 2024}}</ref> and saw the leak as part of growing antisemitic intimidation that had previously been absent in Australia.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Koval |first1=Ramona |title= I'm Jewish. I'm a creative. I was doxxed. How could this happen in Australia? |url=https://www.theage.com.au/national/i-m-jewish-i-m-a-creative-i-was-doxxed-how-could-this-happen-in-australia-20240212-p5f46l.html |work=The Age |date=13 February 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/radionational-breakfast/jewish-australians-back-anti-doxing-laws/103458190 |title=Jewish Australians back anti-doxing laws |date=12 February 2024 |publisher=ABC RN Breakfast|accessdate=2024-02-23}}</ref> The Albanese government was strongly critical of the publication of the list, and shortly thereafter announced new laws to combat doxing, the malicious release of personal information.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Crowe |first1=David |title='Doxxing' laws to be brought forward after Jewish WhatsApp leak |url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/doxxing-laws-to-be-brought-forward-after-jewish-whatsapp-leak-20240212-p5f4cc.html |work=Sydney Morning Herald |date=14 February 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date= 12 September 2024 |title= Australia introduces new hate crime and anti-doxxing legislation amid rising antisemitism|url= https://www.jpost.com/international/article-819799|work= Jerusalem Post |access-date=12 September 2024}}</ref>
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