Tea@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 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-square341fedilinkarrow-up1774arrow-down119
arrow-up1755arrow-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@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square341fedilink
minus-squareMongostein@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 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-up3·2 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.