Tea@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 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-square330fedilinkarrow-up1763arrow-down119cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.zip
arrow-up1744arrow-down1external-linkOnline ‘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.comTea@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square330fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.zip
minus-squarefrostysauce@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·6 days ago or that Q-anon STARTED on a pedophile message board. Come again now?
minus-squareameancow@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·6 days ago8-chan was a “less moderated” version of 4-chan where the founders of Q-anon got started, it was a notorious forum for trading child abuse material.
Come again now?
8-chan was a “less moderated” version of 4-chan where the founders of Q-anon got started, it was a notorious forum for trading child abuse material.