[By 1996] the world of online criminal justice advocacy would take a number of different forms, with some factions focusing on solving old cases, others on finding new angles on old conspiracies or putting names to unidentified bodies or working to get elusive serial killers arrested. Ultimately, thousands of these crime-centric groups would congregate on Facebook and message boards and Reddit forums. Many posters took on the persona of the righteous defender, the person who did the hard work that institutions couldn't--or wouldn't--do.
Rachael Monroe, Savage Appetites: Four True Stories of Women, Crime, and Obsession, 2019
Rachael Monroe, Savage Appetites: Four True Stories of Women, Crime, and Obsession, 2019
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