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Roblox clamps down on vigilante groups taking matters into "their own hands" - partnership with the FBI and NCMEC aims to stop players attempting to prevent predatory behaviour on their own (www.pockettactics.com)

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To be fair, the problem is that these groups are going after people IRL, as per the article

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[–] Ryktes@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

For really real. People always whine about "well what if the person they catch isn't actually a predator" but dawg, come the fuck on.

If I invite a grown as person to meet me somewhere under the pretense that I am a child, and they show up to that meeting believing they are there to meet a child? Oh naw, I don't give half a cold, rusty fuck what excuses they have for why they came over, I'm putting the paws on em. I'mma stomp a mud hole in em and walk it dry with all 6'1", 300 pounds of my fi-fy-fo-fum lookin ass.

[–] Krauerking@lemy.lol 7 points 1 day ago

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/oct/29/vigilante-murder-paedophile-bristol-bijan-ebrahimi

He was quizzed at a police station but officers soon realised he was blameless and released him. By then rumours had begun circulating in the Brislington area that he was a child abuser and two days later he was murdered.

A neighbour, Lee James, 24, beat Ebrahim unconscious and then with the help of his friend Stephen Norley, also 24, dragged him into the street. He was doused with white spirits and set on fire.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-17/albert-thorn-guilty-of-bradley-lyons-murder-lakes-entrance/102426248

The attack on Mr Lyons stemmed from Stefani's belief that his landlord was sexually abusing children.

No evidence was ever provided to corroborate his opinion, and prosecutors in court labelled them "flimsy claims".

On the afternoon Mr Lyons was attacked, the gang of four balaclava-clad men led by Thorn armed themselves with a metal pole and a sawn-off shotgun, and took turns beating him.

The court heard Stefani organised the attack with Thorn, and put out a cigarette in Mr Lyons' eye. Thorn then backed his mother's Toyota Corolla up to the front door of the house, and Mr Lyons was bound, thrown into the boot and taken to Thorn's mother's property.

And Trump is just doing what he has to, to make the world great again right? Every bad action is easily excused cause sometimes you have to beat people, torture them and burn them to find out you made a whoopsie. So what. Just another person. But think of how badass it would be to be so powerful to kill another person because you feel better about it.
Really great logic.