Cybercrime / Digital vigilantism and social media: organised crime’s untested terrain

Social media has become a powerful tool that, like many evolving technologies, may be used for good or for ill. Organised social media action can hold police to account, but when the online community decides someone has transgressed norms, digital vigilantism can lead to violence.

A new ENACT study explores the links between digital vigilantism and organised crime, drawing on research in South Africa and Kenya. Speakers will discuss the security impact of digital vigilantism and its contribution to debates on cyber threats.