Vigilante Justice Online
March 29, 2004
Fraud, misuse, and exploitation online has pushed some frustrated Internet users to take justice into their own hands. Increasingly private individuals are enforcing their own ideas about the "law" online. Websites like
perverted-justice.com and self-appointed eBay "cops" are filling the gaps where no regulatory agency, government, or committee currently police behavior. In this weekend's
New York Times story, Berkman Center
Prof. Jonathan Zittrain explains, the trend makes clear that "the status quo is not working."
Read on.