More like this A fine article: thank you. The problem also works in the criminal justice systems of some countries, such as the USA and Italy to name two. People accused of crimes get persecuted and crucified by people who completely lack the facts, and it sways prosecutors, judges, juries... A fine example was and still is the Amanda Knox trials. The "evidence" against her does not exist, yet there are web sites that claim to "prove" she committed an ugly murder. Douglas Preston called this Internet behavior "Trial By Fury: Internet Savagery and the Amanda Knox Case." I consider it to be a form of mob violence.