Caretaker Minister Ferdinand Grapperhaus of Justice and Security submitted a legislative proposal to make doxing - sharing personal data of another to frighten or intimidate them - a punishable offense. According to the Minister, doxing has become far too easy with the rise of the internet and social media and it is high time to make it easier to tackle this type of threat.
Indeed. But in the future, one day, in a galaxy far far away, with help of AI, the secret of The Silent Downvoters Empire will be demystified. Until then I try to ignore them, in fact weeks ago I disabled the up and down votes visibility in my settings which I consider an improvement for myself.