On the afternoon of Halloween, a New York based blogger spotted a group of kids lined up at the side of a road, throwing rocks and eggs at passing cars. After calling 911, he went home and searched for the kids on Facebook, adding them as ?friends?. Sure enough, before long the tiny (alleged) thugs were boasting about their crimes in status updates, which the blogger shared with the world. Two days ago, another blogger - this time a woman who works at a major Internet company - was (allegedly, and that word is very important) sexually assaulted at a conference by a man who works at a different Internet company. Again, the (alleged) victim contacted the police, but again she then turned to social media to name and shame her (still alleged) attacker. In both cases, the Internet?s response was swift - with bloggers and Twitterers and Facebookers leaping in to repost the allegations and to demand justice be done. Welcome to today?s cyber vigilantism.
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