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They're not taking it offline because they're denying those kids were bullies, but because they are now harassed themselves, but by the entire Internet.
Obviously the kids responsible for the suicide should face consequences for their actions. But mob justice isn't going to fix anything, except for letting a new round of bullies feel good about themselves.
Can you imagine the damage of one careless keyboard warrior digging up the wrong personal info, and then tend of thousands people harassing them? How many wrongs does it take to make a right?
Are you arguing that this woman shouldn't be able to tell her story - without naming names - because someone else might get angry and do the wrong thing, and then a bunch of other people might do the wrong thing with the wrong information?
People are supposed to get angry about shit like this - it's how change happens. And people have to know about things to get angry.
The problem here isn't the woman telling her story, it's that mob harassment is a tool being used politically and this behavior you are worried about has become normalized. Twenty years ago, this would've led to a bunch of people contacting law enforcement and politicians to demand justice, but now everyone harasses people directly because our system isn't responsive and because mob justice is treated as legitimate as long as it's enacted upon the right people.
Nope, that's not what I'm arguing at all. I was just pointing out how the commenter above me was misrepresenting the judges reasoning.
Obviously people should get angry over this. But I do not have enough faith in social media to believe that anger will find a healthy outlet if left unmanaged.
But if you are asking for my opinion - I think the woman should be allowed to tell her story, as long as she doesn't encourage naming the perpetrators or does so herself. And, given the circumstances / if possible, disable public comments and reposting to discourage further harassment.
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