Cyber Mobs by Krumsiek Allison;

Author:Krumsiek, Allison;
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Greenhaven Publishing LLC

Anonymous is a loosely organized group of hackers that comes together as a cyber mob for certain causes. It opposes terrorism, police brutality, cyberbullying, and other forms of harassment. In public, Anonymous members sometimes disguise themselves by wearing the style of mask made popular in the movie V for Vendetta.

Human Rights Violations

Universal human rights include not only access to the Internet, but being able to participate online without fear of discrimination. When cyber mobs or trolls use slurs, taboo words, and threatening language, they are abusing the human rights of a victim. Civil rights in the United States include freedom of speech and assembly. In the modern age, this can include being able to log on to the Internet and talk to other people. Victims of cyber mobs are often pushed out of online spaces. This violates their right to free assembly.

Many victims of cyber mobs will take a break from being online. Some will even leave the Internet permanently. Some victims, though, feel they cannot leave the Internet because they need to stand up for themselves and correct the false information being spread by the cyber mob. There is no right or wrong way to handle being a victim of lies online. Sometimes, correcting the cyber mob will make the harassment worse. Other times, victims feel more fear about leaving the conversation.

Another human right online, as defined by the Council of Europe, is the right to privacy. When a cyber mob steals and publishes personal information, it is violating human rights. Invading privacy and taking someone’s information is theft. The theft of privacy is covered under laws and universal rights.

Changing the Internet for the Worse

Some trolls and cyber mobs may use denial of service to stop victims from using the Internet. A denial of service attack, sometimes abbreviated as DoS, is when the connection to the Internet is blocked. The victim may think it is a problem with their computer or even call their Internet service provider (ISP) to see what is wrong, but if the attack is caused by a troll, there may be nothing the ISP can do to fix it.

A New Twist on an Old Practice

In his book So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed, author Jon Ronson explained that public shaming makes people feel powerful. Until the 1830s, punishments in the United Kingdom and United States were held in the town square. People would be whipped or put in the stocks, and the general public would be invited to watch, laugh, and sometimes throw things at the person being punished. With the rise of the Internet, individuals once again have a public voice. Some may feel it is their duty to shame someone because they believe that when they do this, they are making the world a better place by stopping someone else from doing the same thing. Others may shame people in an effort to divert attention from their own mistakes.

Because of the dehumanizing effect of the Internet, people are much harsher when they publicly shame people online than they would be if someone they knew had made the same mistake.

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