Tea@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoOnline ‘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.comexternal-linkmessage-square232fedilinkarrow-up181arrow-down12
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minus-squareTheOSINTguy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 days agoThe problem is what if they mistake somebody for the wrong person? That’s enough to destroy an innocent persons life.
minus-squareTelorand@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoThat’s not the only problem. They’re making content, so finding “the right person” will inevitably be less important than finding a person. Can’t fall out of the Almighty Algorithm’s favor, amirite?
minus-squaresunzu2@thebrainbin.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·4 days agoThe government mistakes people for wrong person all the time too though Sometimes on purpose
The problem is what if they mistake somebody for the wrong person? That’s enough to destroy an innocent persons life.
That’s not the only problem. They’re making content, so finding “the right person” will inevitably be less important than finding a person. Can’t fall out of the Almighty Algorithm’s favor, amirite?
The government mistakes people for wrong person all the time too though
Sometimes on purpose