Povilas :
(sorry for a huge comment)
To my knowledge, internet policing started when YouTubers got sponsors and hid that fact. Then young Gen Zers got a taste of community policing, YouTube dramas blew up, and creators realized dramas = views = money. Over time, influencers pushed cancel culture, hence the old Twitter cancel culture. Viewers learned that one mistake could end "your life", so out of fairness (and probably self-protection), they started policing everything to make sure no one is "bad".
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As you said, people can't seem to reflect on their own actions. Part of that, I've noticed from friends, comes from constantly consuming other's opinions, like watching reaction channels where the creator does jack shit and only exploits legal loopholes.
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Everyone has a phone and can frame anyone. Mix that with internet policing, cancel culture, blind belief, and obsessive self-righteousness, and you get today's reality.
2026-09-05 14:54:50