Feb 242013
February 24, 2013
Is it possible to crowdsource justice? Do movements to shame bad behavior represent some sort of twenty-first century reputational lynching? Join us on Monday, March 4th at 3:30pm in West Duke 103 for a wide-ranging discussion of the ways we harness the power of the Internet to take justice into our own hands. Are tools to bring attention to bad behavior empowering or terrifying? Can we have justice without due process? Is the threat of shame a better deterrent than the punishments available through the justice system? This week’s topic is inspired by Grace’s recent Devil’s Dilemma post rounding up recent examples of people taking to the Internet to exact justice (or revenge?) on various others. See you Monday!