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> Sorry maybe it's the aspergers in me but I'm generally not a fan of these self-anointed judge, jury, and executioners performing public shaming rituals.

I'm starting to feel this is the thing we should have laws against.

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How exactly do you imagine those laws would be structured?

Harassment law would probably suffice with case law and precedent starting to cover the specific type of harassment

How would you separate legitimate journalism from harassment?

This is a really important question for sure and I want to protect the rights of journalists, but in this instance the reporter from the BBC sat in front of Leif's house for 7 hours, fully aware that Leif was there and didn't want to speak to him, and then when he briefly emerged, accused him of not protecting children. It feels more like entrapment and harassment than reporting. It also feels like the type of theater the BBC knows they can get away with because the topic is child abuse and we seem to lose all restraint as a society when this topic comes up.

The same way you do today: by examining the circumstances and the actions.

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