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The term internet vigilantism describes punitive public denunciations, aimed at swaying public opinion in order to “take justice into one's own hands” by engaging in forms of targeted surveillance, unwanted attention, negative publicity, repression, coercion or dissuasion.
Scam baiting (or scambaiting) is a form of internet vigilantism primarily used towards advance-fee fraud, IRS impersonation scams, technical support scams, [1] pension scams, [2] and consumer financial fraud.
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Feb 19, 2020 · Vigilantes and private security are policing the internet where governments have failed. Published: February 19, 2020 10:16am EST. The internet revolution of the past 20 years has opened up...
Jul 20, 2021 · Without safeguards in place to hold actors accountable and prevent malicious activity, online vigilantism will continue to exist in an ethical and legal gray area, rife with danger and subject to malevolent use.
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Jun 6, 2020 · This chapter looks at the rise of online vigilantism in the modern era. It seeks to define the actions of online vigilantes and explores the motivations and the actions undertaken by those who engage in these extra-legal activities.
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Nov 11, 2020 · By drawing on a range of cases over between 2015 and 2018, this article proposes ideal types of mediated intervention: flagging, investigating, hounding and organised leaking. These practices underscore the variance of digital vigilantism in context and intensity.
