The recent case in France of a retired teacher ensnared by an online vigilante posing as a teenage girl has put paedophile hunters back in the headlines. But while some welcome amateurs taking matters into their own hands and streamers build up a following, experts warn it could deprive victims of the opportunity to see justice served.
Can you take the law into your own hands? The law itself says no. But vigilantes who do just that are rife on the internet and, thanks to social media, their numbers are on the rise.
