Internet vigilantism
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Internet vigilantism is the act of carrying out vigilante activities through the Internet (the communication network or its service providers) or carried out using applications (World Wide Web, e-mail) that depend on the Internet. The term encompasses vigilantism against alleged scams, crimes, and non-Internet related behavior.
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See also
- Anonymous
- Call-out culture
- Conflict-of-interest editing on Wikipedia
- Crowdsourcing
- Human flesh search engine
- Internet activism
- Patriotic hacking
- YTMND's conflicts with eBaum's World
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