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Ice Bucket Challenge Bullies Messed with the Wrong Internet

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A group of bullies tricked an autistic boy into doing the popular Ice Bucket Challenge—only the bucket was full of human waste. The Internet rallied around the boy, and his tormentors have been identified.

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Social justice advocates are beginning to view sites like Instagram and Youtube as double-edged swords, acting not only as important tools for change, but also as attackers’ go-to choice for humiliating their victims.

Last week, a group of tormentors in Bay Village, Ohio doused an autistic teenage boy—whose name is being...

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