SINGAPORE: Self-styled online vigilantes, who attempt to execute social justice for perceived wrongdoing by digging up all they can on perpetrators and spreading the information online, are turning out to be instigators – spurring others to go too far to exact revenge on their targets.
The Sunday Times has found that victims – whether mistakenly targeted or not – often suffer depression or anxiety.
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