[Air-L] Online mob justice

[Mathieu.O'Neil]

Hi

Going through email and saw this so replying a bit late but hey: in the 1990s there was a lot of discussion around vigilantism on Usenet as anyone could cancel an offender (such as a spammer)'s account. The most famous vigilante was called Cancelmoose. There was some analysis of this by legal scholars, you can find references in my book Cyberchiefs.

cheers
Mathieu

-----Original Message-----
From: Air-L [mailto:air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Penn Pantumsinchai
Sent: Friday, 13 June 2014 1:42 PM
To: AoIR
Subject: [Air-L] Online mob justice

Hi everyone,

I am currently starting research on online mob/vigilante justice and was wondering if anyone is researching the same topic or know of any studies/resources. Prime examples of online mob justice include the failed hunt for the Boston bomber by Reddit users or many of the 'human flesh search engine' cases in China.

I would be grateful for any suggestions. Thank you very much!


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Penn Pantumsinchai
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Department of Sociology, Ph.D. Student
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