digilante

digital vigilante; fact-checkers, hackers or tech-savvy activists who seek and administer justice undelivered by legal authority

Digilantes have made it more difficult for political leaders to slack.

by tagadagat2 March 24, 2013

digilante

Someone who uses the internet to fight injustice.

Mild-mannered (ahem) Simon Lazenby is in virtuality a crime-fighting digilante!

by misterwolf December 24, 2009

digilante

Internet-based crime-fighter, above or not neccessarily in conjunction with the law.

419eater.com is a good example of a "digilante"

by servotron October 22, 2007

Digilante

A casual or passionate individual or group who use digital means to wreak real havoc

It was a drunken mistake, but alas the digilantes meant sure that for this graduate, it was never forgotten.

by hector85 August 24, 2015

digilante justice

Mob justice meted out over the internet.

Digilante justice was swift after I posted that comment about #unpopularTrump, when a crowd of white supremacists doxed me.

by JimBen August 06, 2019