Within hours, Ms. Gao had become the latest victim of a human flesh search engine, where Chinese netizens become cyber-vigilantes and online communities turn into the world's largest lynch mobs.

数小时内，她成为人肉搜索引擎的最新目标，中国的网民成为了网上义务警察，而网上社区成了世界上最大的用私刑的群体。

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Online mobs can be a very effective force.

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