{"id":22168,"date":"2014-10-03T23:01:13","date_gmt":"2014-10-03T15:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/?p=22168"},"modified":"2021-06-18T22:35:31","modified_gmt":"2021-06-18T14:35:31","slug":"internet-vigilantism-did-not-save","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/internet-vigilantism-did-not-save\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Times Internet Keyboard Warriors Didn&#8217;t Save The Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There have been several times when <strong>Internet communities<\/strong> have banded together to do incredible amounts of good. Just take a look at these <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/internet-restores-faith-humanity\/\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2018Internet Acts\u2019<\/a> for a few examples.<\/p>\n<p>There are even times when they try to <strong>fight injustice and crimes<\/strong> that happen outside of the virtual space, in the real world. However, the Internet is still made up of everyday people with everyday follies, and just like real life, are prone to a hive mind mentality.<\/p>\n<p>And <strong>this hive mind can be a dangerous thing<\/strong> once they\u2019ve picked their target. And the target doesn\u2019t even have to be guilty. The group could just easily be looking for someone to blame for a crime.<\/p>\n<p>There have been several instances where when a crime is perpetrated,<strong> Internet vigilantes try to figure out who did it<\/strong>, sometimes, actually oftentimes, getting the wrong person, putting the lives of the accused in danger. Here are <strong>5 cases of when Internet vigilantes didn\u2019t save the day.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"ref-block ref-block--post\" id=\"ref-post-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/internet-restores-faith-humanity\/\" class=\"ref-block__link\" title=\"Read More: 10 Heartwarming Internet Acts That Inspire Hope \u2013 Part 2\" rel=\"bookmark\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">10 Heartwarming Internet Acts That Inspire Hope \u2013 Part 2<\/span><\/a>\n<div class=\"ref-block__thumbnail img-thumb img-thumb--jumbo\" data-img='{ \"src\" : \"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/internet-restores-faith-humanity.jpg\" }'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<noscript>\n<style>.no-js #ref-block-post-21885 .ref-block__thumbnail { background-image: url(\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/internet-restores-faith-humanity.jpg\"); }<\/style>\n<\/noscript>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"ref-block__summary\">\n<h4 class=\"ref-title\">10 Heartwarming Internet Acts That Inspire Hope \u2013 Part 2<\/h4>\n<p class=\"ref-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAs lives change and we live behind the screens of laptops, tablets, and smartphones, we start to lose...\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Read more<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>1. Reddit Didn\u2019t Find The Boston Bombers<\/h2>\n<p>The Reddit investigation to find the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Boston_Marathon_bombings\">Boston Bomber<\/a> in 2013 has somewhat become a poster child for what could happen when you have a bunch of random Internet sleuths<strong> trying to find the identity of a wanted killer<\/strong>. What you get is a bunch of false accusations against innocent people made by a potentially dangerous mob of angry people. In other words, a classic witch hunt.<\/p>\n<p>All discussions were made on <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/findbostonbombers\">r\/FindBostonBombers<\/a> and while the rule was to not post personal information, several of the accused were identified. It did not help that <strong>mainstream media also fueled the witch hunt<\/strong> by putting the photos of the accused on their front page.<\/p>\n<p>One of them was even found dead, 22-year-old Sunil Tripathi, though officials ruled out foul play. Reddit admins apologized with the subreddit no longer publicly available. As stated before, <strong>the incident is often used to highlight how Internet vigilantism can go wrong very fast<\/strong> due to the lack of fact checking by the people involved.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/internet-vigilantism-did-not-save\/reddit-boston-bombers.jpg\" alt=\"Reddit Find Boston Bombers\" height=\"268\" width=\"500\"><\/figure>\n<h2>2. The Wrong Cop In Ferguson<\/h2>\n<p>What <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shooting_of_Michael_Brown\">happened<\/a> in Ferguson was a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2014_Ferguson_unrest\">wake up call<\/a> for <strong>racial relations<\/strong> in America. What made it even worst was the perception by many black residents that the mainly white police department was protecting the shooter by withholding the name.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The whole incident led to a lot of anger on social media sites<\/strong>, with some from the hacker collective known as Anonymous threatening to find and release any information they can get their hands on.<\/p>\n<p>They did just that, releasing a 2 hour dispatch tape for the night of the incident. It was also <strong>claimed that they obtained the identity of the shooter<\/strong> and threatened to release the information to the public. The identity was eventually released on an Anonymous affiliated Twitter account.<\/p>\n<p>But there was a slight problem: it was the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/gigaom.com\/2014\/08\/14\/oops-twitter-suspends-hacker-account-after-it-outs-the-wrong-cop-in-ferguson-crisis\/\">wrong guy<\/a>. <strong>Twitter then banned the account<\/strong> and the actual identity of the shooter, Darren Wilson, was released by the department.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en-gb\">\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheAnonMessage\">@TheAnonMessage<\/a> Bryan Willman is not even an officer with Ferguson or St. Louis County PD. Do not release more info on this random citizen.<\/p>\n<p>  \u2013 St. Louis County PD (@stlcountypd) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stlcountypd\/statuses\/499929823704133633\">August 14, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>3. Sandy Hook Shooting<\/h2>\n<p>The <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sandy_Hook_Elementary_School_shooting\">Sandy Hook Shooting<\/a> that took place at the end of 2012 was a tragedy that took the lives of 20 school children and 6 adult staff members. It is considered to be <strong>the deadliest school shooting in the US<\/strong>. And in the process of identifying the perpetrator of the shooting, many got the name mixed up.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Quite a few mainstream news media got the name of the shooter wrong<\/strong> as they based it on reports by unnamed authorities that were not officially released yet. They singled out <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/the-wrong-ryan-lanza-pictured-on-cbs-2012-12?IR=T&\">Ryan Lanza<\/a>, the brother of the actual shooter, Adam Lanza. Unfortunately, this mattered little to the online social media communities, which then proceeded to gather an <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pando.com\/2012\/12\/14\/whats-facebooks-responsibility-when-the-nation-seeks-to-lynch-someone-on-only-a-name\/\">online lynch mob,<\/a> that called for the usual death threats.<\/p>\n<p>It was <strong>cleared up when officials released the identity of his brother<\/strong>. Though Internet vigilantes did not release the name, their hive mind hate and actions only made the situation worse.<\/p>\n<h2>4. Amanda Todd\u2019s Suicide<\/h2>\n<p>Amanda Todd was a Canadian teen who committed <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Suicide_of_Amanda_Todd\">suicide<\/a> in 2012 when she was <strong>the victim of an online bullying campaign<\/strong> from a stalker. The entire ordeal generated a lot of sympathy from the online community and thus a hunt for the perpetrator was launched.<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to hunting down someone, no other group on the Internet is as relentless as the hacker collective known as Anonymous. While the actual authorities were still figuring out who the stalker was, <strong>Anonymous went ahead and released the personal information of a man located in Vancouver, who they claimed is the one behind the suicide<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Again, as most can probably guess from reading this article: <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/technology\/2012\/10\/amanda-todd-suicide-did-anonymous-dox-the-wrong-guy.html\">wrong man<\/a>. <strong>Even some of the info they released on the man was wrong<\/strong>. Though the man was accused of sexual assault, he claimed that he was helping Todd and tipped the authorities to another suspect. This was then revealed by Anonymous. The real culprit actually turned out to be a 35 year old Dutch man.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/internet-vigilantism-did-not-save\/amanda-todd-suicide.jpg\" alt=\"Amanda Todd\" height=\"337\" width=\"500\"><\/figure>\n<h2>5. Andrew Moskowitz Doesn\u2019t work Here<\/h2>\n<p>This is an incident that wasn\u2019t about a single individual being outed by mistake. Instead, this story is about <strong>a pair of companies that was caught in the crossfire<\/strong> when the Internet lynch mob went out looking for a racist hiring manager.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Andrew Moskowitz made some disparaging remarks<\/strong> on those who had \u201cAfrican sounding names\u201d and said that he would never hire them on one of <em>New York Times<\/em>\u2018 Facebook comment thread. This <strong>riled up the Internet <\/strong>with righteous fury and a campaign was <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailydot.com\/news\/cotton-mill-warehouse-andrew-moskowitz-racist-doxing\/\">instigated<\/a> on Twitter and Tumblr to find the company he works with.<\/p>\n<p>Internet denizens started to accuse 2 cotton plants located in Monroe, Georgia \u2013 the Monroe Cotton Mill and the Cotton Warehouse \u2013 of hiring Moskowitz, based on his online activity. Unfortunately, this online activity was him <strong>checking in at the Cotton Mill, with the Cotton Warehouse being confused<\/strong> as it was another popular landmark.<\/p>\n<p>The false accusation led to a lot of misplaced anger and complaints towards the two companies, with their Yelp and Facebook page invaded by the netizens. In fact, <strong>the two companies never even heard of a man named Andrew Moskowitz<\/strong>, with the Internet just looking for a scapegoat to blame.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en-gb\">\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xalvcRqePu\">https:\/\/t.co\/xalvcRqePu<\/a> has a disclaimer on their webpage(!) that Moskowitz doesn't work for them. I'm prepared to take them at their word.<\/p>\n<p>  \u2013 Dan Holzman-Tweed (@HolzmanTweed) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HolzmanTweed\/status\/381929145581580289\">September 22, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There have been several times when Internet communities have banded together to do incredible amounts of good. Just take a look at these \u2018Internet Acts\u2019 for a few examples. 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