Six Examples Of How Being An Asshole On The Internet Can Get You Into Trouble (PHOTOS x VIDEOS)

We all love the internet, but there are times it seems many people don’t quite understand the public access aspect of it. It’s not surprising, considering there’s not really anything to compare it to. How do you make sense of the fact that when you’re sitting at home alone recording a video blog which you upload later, billions of people from all different cultures, races, religions and walks of life will have access to it. Combine that with the fact that the information you thought was private, such as your phone number, address, place of work, is actually pretty accessible.

It was pretty apparent none of this was taken into consideration when Alexandra Wallace posted a video of a rant she made about how unpleased she was with the “hordes of Asians” talking on their cell phones in the libraries. Did she not consider how many Asian Youtube users there are out there? Or how many Youtube users are vehemently against racist antics? Apparently not. If so she wouldn't have had to withdraw from UCLA as a result of internet vigilante harassment. Not to mention, the school board at UCLA had to meet to discuss whether disciplinary action against Ms. Wallace was necessary for the hate video.

This isn’t the first time internet vigilante have taken action against hateful, abusive, or just down right mean internet users and until people realize that the internet is public to all, it most certainly won’t be the last. While we don’t condone internet vigilantism, we do encourage internet users to learn from the mistakes of some of these posters.