Absolutely disgusting behaviour.
Dude, I'm not even sure if this stuff is entirely legal. Obviously when you're dealing with the internet, you are dealing with a bunch of jurisdictions; at a National level, but also at (what would be) the equivalent of a State, County and Local level in certain areas depending on the Country involved. People doing stuff like this, with the intent to cause harm, could land them in alot of trouble in some countries; far more serious than in the United States. As a person who's ran for Congress (Federal level/House of Representatives), I can't say publicly more aggressively that this type of behavior is completely unacceptable in the United States regardless of the legalities involved.
I didn't really look closely at what exactly happened, and whether this was a "left versus right wing" issue, and who was who, but after peaking at this particular thread for a short while: It looks like an actual human trafficking case. At the very least, some of the people involved in internet crimes and/or internet harassment are using tactics that are IDENTICAL to human trafficking tactics particularly in a first world Nation.
In the world today; meaning the year of 2021, there are more human trafficking victims (also referred to as modern day "slaves" by government authorities world wide) than there were slaves involved in the Trans Atlantic Slave Trade, and that is a fact. When people think of "human trafficking", they tend to think of victims being shipped around in cargo tankers (and that is literally the case in 3rd or 2nd world Nations), but in places like the United States (1st World Nation); the tactics are different.
In first world Nations like the United States, human traffickers largely use the internet, social media platforms, chat rooms, and a variety of different electronics to target their victims. The exact nature and tactics used are vast, and I'm still currently investigating the issues. I'm guessing that at a local level, they can likely target the cars and electronics of an individual with tracking devices, and as another poster in this thread suggested; YES, they are targeting a persons finances in some cases.
The traffickers are targeting a victims MONEY; meaning they use the internet to communicate back and forth with each other to report live on how much a target person is making; how his or her career is going, who hired him, etcetera. Some of the trackers that they may place on a vehicle can track the persons movement in real time, or they can use something like a passive tracker which they plant on a vehicle (then remove later to access the data). An obvious tactic they would use is track the GPS of a cell phone; meaning they wouldn't need to plant a vehicle tracker.
Believe it or not: This is what traffickers do, and it's even worse than I will talk about here. Most importantly speaking: If "Near" was being targeted by human traffickers; it's worth noting in this thread that one of the types of human trafficking is called "LABOR TRAFFICKING" (google the name and how it's done). If you search it, there are official government sources world wide that explain how the traffickers do it.
Somebody in this thread mentioned how this person was making little to no money for alot of work, and that's textbook labor trafficking. What they often do is use the internet and social media specifically to cherry pick every single element of your social support network. They then try to make the argument of "nobody likes so and so", but in reality, people should be asking who "nobody" is, as said entity usually has an identity. It's usually "nobody", a small group of shady internet traffickers and/or trolls that tend to contact a victims social network in order to remove every successful aspect of a persons life. Worth a notation here is the fact that human trafficking is considered a crime against humanity, and I'd suggest there are human rights abuses involved, potentially even intentional torture.
There is a person at the United Nations called Niels something that deals with torture. If law enforcement is unable to deal with these types of crimes, then there should be an officially sanctioned body (that of which is legally recognized by law enforcement) that has the authority to investigate these crimes.
I would not be opposed to the name of said organization being called "Outer Heaven" and being led by a person with the code name of "Big Boss".
One of the most important aspects of this case is that this individual was allegedly very likable in many circles and did good work with gaming. You are supposed to be aloud to earn a great living, and have a job free from intense (and ILLEGAL) forms of surveillance, conducted by human traffickers, and not subject to constant discrimination, harassment and threats.
