Tea to [email protected]English • 15 days agoOnline ‘Pedophile Hunters’ Are Growing More Violent — and Going Viral: With the rise of loosely moderated social media platforms, a fringe vigilante movement is experiencing a dangerous evolution.www.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square339fedilinkarrow-up1775arrow-down118cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1757arrow-down1external-linkOnline ‘Pedophile Hunters’ Are Growing More Violent — and Going Viral: With the rise of loosely moderated social media platforms, a fringe vigilante movement is experiencing a dangerous evolution.www.nytimes.comTea to [email protected]English • 15 days agomessage-square339fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•edit-215 days agoAh, catch a predator style. Gotcha. Removed my comment because it was wrong. So far anyway.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•14 days agoI mean, I don’t know that ALL of them work that way, but the ones I’ve seen do. I have mixed feelings about the whole scenario.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•14 days agoI’m not a fan of vigilantism or mob justice save for the removal of objectively destructive and tyrannical leadership. Too many ways to get it wrong.
Ah, catch a predator style. Gotcha. Removed my comment because it was wrong. So far anyway.
I mean, I don’t know that ALL of them work that way, but the ones I’ve seen do. I have mixed feelings about the whole scenario.
I’m not a fan of vigilantism or mob justice save for the removal of objectively destructive and tyrannical leadership. Too many ways to get it wrong.