This paper explores the vast literature on revenge and retributive punishment to ascertain
whether revenge seekers are primarily seeking retribution or to deter future harm. This …

This article examines contemporary feminist 'digilante'responses to the increasing problem
of misogyny online. In particular, it focuses on female gamers and a recent incident in which …

Given the limited resources and capabilities of states to maintain cyber security, a variety of
co‐production efforts have been made by individuals or by collectives, of varying degrees of …

This article proposes a conceptual framework for cyber-vigilantism that proves useful for
distinguishing it from other potentially harmful online actions. An overview of vigilantism is …

Digilantism is punishment through online exposure of supposed wrongdoing. Paedophile
hunting is one example, and the practice is open to many of the classical objections to …

As a major component of online crime, email-based fraud is a threat that causes substantial
economic losses every year. To counteract these scammers, volunteers called scam-baiters …

With a focus on the online phenomena of scamming and scambaiting, this article explores
users' communicative activities on Reddit'sr/scambait subreddit. Drawing on a …

Scam baiters are individuals in online information communities specializing in identifying,
documenting and reporting actions of so-called'419 scammers'. A qualitative research …

This chapter looks at the rise of online vigilantism in the modern era. It seeks to define the
actions of online vigilantes and explores the motivations and the actions undertaken by …

Automatic scam-baiting is an online fraud countermeasure that involves automated systems
responding to online fraudsters in order to waste their time and deplete their resources …