Tea@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 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-square282fedilinkarrow-up1225arrow-down16
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minus-squareMongostein@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 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-squareRememberTheApollo_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 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.
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.