Tea@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month 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-square301linkfedilinkarrow-up1699arrow-down118
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minus-squareafronaut@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35·1 month agoWell, there’s this case. https://www.brusselstimes.com/373981/fake-pedophile-hunter-convicted-of-child-pornography
minus-squareKneeTitts@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·edit-21 month agoya it does seem to be coming from a group of people who are overly obsessed with CP, like way more than the average person is… might be a bit of projection on their part methinks
minus-squareDefederateLemmyMl@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·30 days agoSeeing the Brussels Times, I thought it was going to be about this guy: https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Vervloesem (sorry no english link).
Well, there’s this case.
https://www.brusselstimes.com/373981/fake-pedophile-hunter-convicted-of-child-pornography
ya it does seem to be coming from a group of people who are overly obsessed with CP, like way more than the average person is… might be a bit of projection on their part methinks
Seeing the Brussels Times, I thought it was going to be about this guy: https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Vervloesem (sorry no english link).