For instance, let’s say there’s a troll who is infamous online to the point multiple people are chronicling the troll’s numerous antics.
The troll in question lies about everything about themselves. Their name is an alias, they admitted to using an AI generated voice while trying to get away with passing it off as their own. They steal women’s selfies to pretend to be another person. This is just a few examples, but this troll has gotten posts exposing them taken down because the posts reveal personal information, but if the personal information is fake to begin with, is that against the rules on most sites?
Edit: assuming all the info came from the troll’s posts, that is publicly available.
Where did the “personal information” come from if not from the troll’s posts? If it was from the troll’s posts, then why would it be taken down if the troll themselves posted it elsewhere? Is it doxing if the person being doxed is the one consenting to posting the personal information themselves?
All the info came from the troll’s posts, that are publicly available. Also this isn’t a normal troll, but a malicious troll who is transphobic, defends Nazis, tells trans and other vulnerable people to kill themselves, steals women’s selfies to catfish people, etc. It’s not “slander” as the troll likes to call it, there’s tons of links and it’s all 100% true.
The troll in the example is highly manipulative and try to paint themselves as a victim who is being targeted for no reason, but the links in the description of this video say otherwise. Those links go to comments the troll posted on their own accounts including creepy comments they made towards a boy they knew was only 14. They gaslight, guilt trip, and use other abusive tactics to get away with their malicious trolling.
I’m not reading your links for your specific troll because I just don’t need a troll to take up that much of my attention. However, your question is framed on any troll, so I think your question is valid and am fine discussing that.
When mod/admins were presenting with the evidence that the troll performed self doxing, are you saying the mods/admins were fooled by the troll and took action they thought they were protecting a victim?
The mods/admins were fooled by the troll who took the troll’s manipulation that they’re a victim of slander and doxing.
Okay, so you’re not questioning policy of admins/mods, but pointing out your belief they followed the policy except they acted with bad information from the troll?
If that’s the case, I don’t think you have a pathway unless there is an appeals process. Have you engaged the admins/mods in question to see what evidence (if any) they would need to reconsider their decision?