Devil's advocate, but couldn't this potentially interfere with the people's due process? I mean isn't he essentially doxxing people he believes are pedophiles before they have their day in court? I understand that he would have contacted them online and they may have turned up to meet what they thought were underage people, but that's not my point. I know voat is staunchly anti-pedo, but I'm not defending pedophiles, I'm defending due process. If we let it erode for those we despise, then it simultaneously erodes for those we like as well, even though we may not witness it right away.
Well however you want to word it. I mean what if someone was found to be innocent, they would have their lives essentially ruined in the same way that guys get their lives ruined by false rape accusers. If you're going to do that stuff then maybe blur their face out etc. You can still hand them over to police and have them arrested/ have their day in court. It's easy to say yeah just charge the guy with libel/slander but I imagine it would be near impossible to come back from being accused of pedophillia. I like what the guy is doing but I also think the police have a point and it's not just as cut and dry as the article suggests, and that it was simply due to him being supposedly more effective than the police force.
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fortuitouslyunfallen ago
Devil's advocate, but couldn't this potentially interfere with the people's due process? I mean isn't he essentially doxxing people he believes are pedophiles before they have their day in court? I understand that he would have contacted them online and they may have turned up to meet what they thought were underage people, but that's not my point. I know voat is staunchly anti-pedo, but I'm not defending pedophiles, I'm defending due process. If we let it erode for those we despise, then it simultaneously erodes for those we like as well, even though we may not witness it right away.
firex726 ago
Doxing is not illegal and thus no issue of due process. If they feel he has defamed him its a matter of libel/slander.
fortuitouslyunfallen ago
Well however you want to word it. I mean what if someone was found to be innocent, they would have their lives essentially ruined in the same way that guys get their lives ruined by false rape accusers. If you're going to do that stuff then maybe blur their face out etc. You can still hand them over to police and have them arrested/ have their day in court. It's easy to say yeah just charge the guy with libel/slander but I imagine it would be near impossible to come back from being accused of pedophillia. I like what the guy is doing but I also think the police have a point and it's not just as cut and dry as the article suggests, and that it was simply due to him being supposedly more effective than the police force.
BlowjaySimpson ago
If he grooms kids online and shows up to fuck one, that isn't erosion of due process. Don't be a fucking retard.
Thisismyvoatusername ago
You are assuming anyone he posts was truly grooming kids online and showing up to fuck them. What makes you so confident in this guy?