human flesh search engine

Questions

What does human flesh search engine mean?

The Chinese phenomenon of distributed research using Internet media such as blogs and forums, sometimes as a form of vigilantism against an individual person/doxxing.

Where does human flesh search engine come from?

Calque from Chinese 人肉搜索 (rénròu sōusuǒ).

How to pronounce human flesh search engine

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