New book launch by Dr Briony Anderson - How does the abuse of personal information harm?

19 February 2026

Dr Briony Anderson's new book 'Doxxed: How Privacy Abuse Harms' explores how the non-consensual disclosure of personal information can lead to gendered, relational and sensorial harms online.

The book offers a novel examination of doxxing—the malicious sharing of private, identifiable and sensitive information—through a feminist and post-humanist lens.

Drawing on in-depth interviews with 18 victim-survivors, it reveals the deeply gendered harms of privacy abuse, from public shaming and reputational damage to the erosion of informational autonomy.

A book launch is planned for March 18, 9:30am-11am at the Department of Sociology, Mill Hill Lane and online.

Dr Anderson will present key findings and conceptual framings from the book, followed by a roundtable with Dr Jessica Elias (Manchester Metropolitan University) and Sarah Simms (Privacy International). Professor Nicole Westmarland will host a Q&A.

Tickets can be booked via Eventbite here.

Doxxed can be pre-ordered via Bristol University Press, and will be released on 19 February, 2026.

Find out more about Dr Briony Anderson's research and the Centre for Research into Violence and Abuse.