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All these actions are recorded on video and distributed via the website VK.com. But also on YouTube several films can be found. The videos in question all have more than a hundred thousand page views. The date of the videos shows that this movement has been going on for several months.
How bad the videos are, becomes immediately clear after watching the images referred to by the Spectrum Human Rights Alliance (SHRA). This is an organization that stands up for the rights of LGTB (lesbian, gay, transgender and bisexual) in Eastern Europe. The video shows a 15-year-old teenager being taken advantage of by this group. During the 'interrogation' the youngster gives his full name, his age, the school he goes to, etc. At the end of the video we see him being doused with urine and kicked, after which the video suddenly breaks off, so that the viewer does not know what happens to the youngster. Will he survive?
It started with Duri.net
drugsThis is not the first time that such excesses have occurred in Russia. In 2009, the website Duri.net was founded. One of the founders, Daniil Shamanov, stated in an interview that the site was founded to take revenge on drug dealers who, according to him, were the reason why one of his friends once died from an overdose of the hard drug Krokodil . Through social media, they managed to arrest several drug dealers and then mock them in videos by pouring paint over them.
“After we buried him, we decided to somehow take revenge. We didn't really want to attack real criminals and break their heads. Well, actually, we did. We just didn't want to go to jail.”
Even then, things got out of hand. Soon, not only drug dealers were targeted, but also alleged pedophiles fell prey to the people behind the duri.net website. Now, this action is being repeated and copied everywhere. In the meantime, more than 500 subgroups on VK.com use these kinds of strategies to nail people to the digital pillory.
“It was our scheme. We showed how you can catch people using social networks. As soon as you see the videos, everything is clear. A lot of people have now taken up this weapon.”
The general public participates
The campaign has now reached the general public. The website antipedofil.org sri lanka mobile phone number list was created specifically to provide an overview of the most popular and new videos. The site encourages its users to spread the 'idea'. For example, you can only become a member if you publish two videos yourself in which you can be seen interrogating a 'pedophile'.
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The Facebook Like, the well-known thumbs-up figure, has also been used as a weapon in 'the battle'. On various social networks, photos are being spread of people who are abusing the Facebook thumb to indicate that they support the 'Occupy Pedophilyaj' campaign . Instead of sticking the thumb straight up, they hold it slightly crooked .
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In the meantime, there has also been a backlash from Instagram users. Using the hashtag #keepcompassion, they are spreading another hand gesture to counterbalance the crooked thumbs.
Social media have been abused to facilitate evil intentions before.X in Haren . Jaap Bloem and myself wrote extensively about this in the trend report “ The Dark Side of Social Media 2013 ”. As far as I am concerned, “Occupy Pedophilyaj” also belongs in this list. One with a pitch-black edge.