Comment on Online ‘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.

blazeknave@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• ArchRecord@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  couldn’t they just run down the registered sex offender list

  The point of their channels is usually to find new predators that haven’t been caught, so they can then face legal consequences, (or at least be pushed to stop acting on their desires) rather than to punish people for being pedophiles in general, so it wouldn’t really make sense to go after those who were already convicted.

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  • RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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    • Mongostein@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It’s usually done by posing as a teenager in chats, then they get confronted at the meet-up.

      Pretty solid way to identify the right person.

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      • futatorius@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Pretty solid way to identify the right person.

        And that’s why entrapment is a legally sanctioned investigation strategy for law enforcement.

        Oh, wait, it isn’t, because of all the abuses that resulted from its use.

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      • RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Ah, catch a predator style. Gotcha.

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