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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
The law only concerns itself with legal ramifications. While I agree that “mob justice” re:internet outing doesn’t meet legal standards, the results are also not law-related, so it doesn’t matter.
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I am a little confused by what you are trying to say, only because engaging in inappropriate online mob justice can very much be a civil and even a criminal legal matter.
Outing and denouncing someone as a racist if your only basis to make that accusation is the color of the person's skin as compared to your own could easily amount to defamation.
Outing and denouncing someone for something that they simply did not do can not only be defamation but could also fit within the definition of the criminal offence of conveying false or harassing information under section 372 of the Criminal Code.
Being offended and calling someone out directly to their face about what you perceive as their inappropriate conduct is very different than recording it and purposefully seeking 'mob justice' via the internet.