The Mob Has a Wi-Fi Connection: How Internet Sleuths Are Corrupting Criminal Justice
Across Reddit threads, TikTok comment sections, and sprawling Facebook groups, a new breed of amateur investigator has emerged — armed with screenshots, reverse image searches, and the unshakeable confidence of a crowd. While citizen engagement with criminal cases has occasionally produced genuine leads, the darker record of digital vigilantism reveals a pattern of destroyed reputations, derailed investigations, and due process violations carried out at algorithmic speed. Criminal Class Press ex