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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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[–] afronaut@slrpnk.net 39 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Well, there’s this case.

https://www.brusselstimes.com/373981/fake-pedophile-hunter-convicted-of-child-pornography

[–] KneeTitts@lemmy.world 19 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

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

[–] SpaceCadet@feddit.nl 1 points 2 days ago

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).