Posted on Apr 26, 2023
Missouri Attorney General took down a form about transgender people after activists spammed it
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The form had asked people to report concerns about “gender transition intervention” in Missouri. The attorney general’s office says it was hacked and is being investigated.
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey’s office is still investigating after several viral internet posts encouraged thousands of people to submit joke responses to a form seeking information about transgender people.
The form, launched in March, was intended to serve as a tip line for people to report “harm from gender transition interventions” or “troubling practices at transition clinics in Missouri.”
But internet users saw the form as an attempt to surveil transgender Missourians. They spammed the page with false names and reports, including the script of the 2007 animated film Bee Movie, explicit fanfiction and fake stories. Some coded scripts to automatically fill and submit the form.
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey’s office is still investigating after several viral internet posts encouraged thousands of people to submit joke responses to a form seeking information about transgender people.
The form, launched in March, was intended to serve as a tip line for people to report “harm from gender transition interventions” or “troubling practices at transition clinics in Missouri.”
But internet users saw the form as an attempt to surveil transgender Missourians. They spammed the page with false names and reports, including the script of the 2007 animated film Bee Movie, explicit fanfiction and fake stories. Some coded scripts to automatically fill and submit the form.
Missouri Attorney General took down a form about transgender people after activists spammed it
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..."“From our view, all of these actions around the country are tied together,” they said. “That made us feel very strongly about making sure people were at least aware of this form in Missouri.”
It’s not the first time activists have flooded “snitch forms” with fake responses in an attempt to render them useless. The efforts are spurred by social media posts.
In 2022, TikTok users sent fake reports to a Virginia government email address seeking information on teachers using “critical race theory” in classrooms.
In 2021, social media users spammed a Texas anti-abortion group’s website after it asked people to anonymously report people facilitating or seeking abortions."
..."“From our view, all of these actions around the country are tied together,” they said. “That made us feel very strongly about making sure people were at least aware of this form in Missouri.”
It’s not the first time activists have flooded “snitch forms” with fake responses in an attempt to render them useless. The efforts are spurred by social media posts.
In 2022, TikTok users sent fake reports to a Virginia government email address seeking information on teachers using “critical race theory” in classrooms.
In 2021, social media users spammed a Texas anti-abortion group’s website after it asked people to anonymously report people facilitating or seeking abortions."
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