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Online Vigilantes, Or "Crowdsourced Justice"

Posted by Soulskill on from the when-internet-detectives-attack dept.

destinyland writes "The Chinese credit the 'human flesh search engine' for successfully locating 'the kitten killer of Hangzhou' from clues in her online video. But in February, the same force identified a teenage cat-abuser in Oklahoma — within 24 hours of his video's appearance on YouTube. 'Netizens are the new Jack Bauer,' argues one science writer, and with three billion potential detectives, 'attempts to hide will only add thrill to the chase.' But China's vigilantes ultimately turned their attention to China's Internet Propaganda Office, bypassing censorship of a director's personal information using social networks, including Twitter. The author suggests there's a new principle emerging in the online world: 'The Internet does not forget, does not forgive and cannot be stopped. Ever.'"

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  1. NSFW by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    At least have the decenecy to tag the above link NSFW.

  2. NSFW link. by SatanicPuppy · · Score: 4, Informative

    Just in case someone here...by some freak chance...doesn't know that RedTube is basically YouTube for Porn, don't clicky the linky if you're at work...y.

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  3. Anonymous' most recent missed target by snarfies · · Score: 4, Informative

    http://encyclopediadramatica.com/Cheyenne_Cherry

    Anonymous hates people, but loves cats (as evidenced by Caturday and the entire "lolcats" phenomena). Their most recent target is the evil Cheyenne Cherry, who put a kitten in an oven and roasted it alive. Anonymous went through a lot of effort to get as much info as possible, but jumped the gun at first. The NY Daily News reported a 75-yo retiree with a similar name had her phone number posted, and the result? "They're all saying, 'You'll burn in hell,' 'Who the hell do you think you are?'" Bernadette Cherry, 72, said of the 75 calls from cat lovers."

  4. Re:No by Ironica · · Score: 4, Informative

    But that was a written letter from one man to a family member.

    No, that was a Manifesto which was directed at the entire world. The right person saw it and realized it was written by his brother.

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  5. Re:...and justice for all by Rary · · Score: 4, Informative

    It's not like they are hunting the person down in order to physically assault them...

    ...yet.

    And how long until they go after an innocent person?

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