The lynchmob lives... On Facebook
A Facebook page has now appeared, naming and shaming the alleged culprits of the abuse of the dog (identified as "Sushi") but also linking to the Facebook page of the female who appears in the video. Some of the comments on the Facebook page (which names the male/female) are extremely inflammatory and borderline violent--almost a virtual mob as it were.
Of course, people say all kinds of things on the Internet but don't mean it. But certainly the level of violence threatened against these two individuals doesn't bode well, as well-intentioned and animal-loving as the people who have written the angry comments are.
The speed at which the alleged (and I say alleged because so much on Facebook has to be taken at face value and because, legally, it's the smart thing to do) culprits have been ID-ed would put the Royal Malaysian Police to shame. However,the fact that it was done through Facebook is a bit of a double-edged sword. You have to wonder who gave them up or was it simply someone discovered that amongst their circle of acquaintances was one of these two alleged culprits.
The way the evidence against the two alleged culprits is being compiled is also impressive (obviously, we are a generation of too much CSI). People are combing the the alleged culprits friends' lists, looking at their photographs and scanning their Wall comments, to build a case against the two alleged culprits. It's fascinating from a crowd-sourcing standpoint and certainly says a lot about how the Internet can really be a force in itself for fighting crime but also rather frightening from a "oh my god this is how much people can find out about you from Facebook" standpoint.
What is sad is that so much effort will be put into virtually lynching these two individuals, but as past Facebook "campaigns" have proven, not much effort, ultimately, will extend to the REAL campaign, in the real world, to get the lax laws on animal abuse in Malaysia amended.
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