"human flesh search engine" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: human flesh search engines [plural]
Etymology: Calque of Chinese 人肉搜索 (rénròu sōusuǒ). Etymology templates: {{calque|en|zh|-}} Calque of Chinese, {{zh-l|人肉搜索}} 人肉搜索 (rénròu sōusuǒ) Head templates: {{en-noun|head=human flesh search engine}} human flesh search engine (plural human flesh search engines)
  1. 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. Wikipedia link: human flesh search engine Categories (place): China Synonyms: HFSE [initialism] Related terms: doxx Translations (Chinese phenomenon): 人肉搜索 (rénròu sōusuǒ) (Chinese Mandarin), ihmislihainen hakukone (Finnish)

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