Assemblywoman Rochelle Nguyen on Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020 during the fifth day of the 32nd Special Session of the Legislature in Carson City. (David Calvert/Nevada Independent, pool)

By John Sadler (contact)

Tuesday, April 13, 2021 | 2 a.m.

CARSON CITY — Heather Korbulic was driven out of her job as the head of Nevada’s unemployment agency last June because of threats to her personal safety.

Korbulic had been doxxed, a term for an organized campaign of harassment and intimidation in which personal information is shared and reshared online, circulating without the victim’s permission.

Assembly Bill 296, sponsored by Assemblywoman Rochelle Nguyen, D-Las Vegas, would ban this practice and allow for victims to pursue civil penalties against the perpetrators.

In move to quash online harassment, Nevada anti-doxxing bill advances