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Online ‘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.com)
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[–] 17 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

Genuinely surprised and relived by the amount of common sense in this comment thread, that's all I have to say

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    Here and the New York Times comments are both pretty great. This type of behavior is just plain old indefensible even when the victims aren't sympathetic. We also know that it's not going to stay limited to just reprehensible people

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