Communities and Multiplicities of Informal Justice

This chapter argues that justice in digital society is not only personal and individual (see Chap. 6), but also collective, and that the collective nature and impacts of disclosure are important to victim-survivors. Drawing from qualitative interviews with victim-survivors who had disclosed their experiences online, this chapter advocates for looking beyond formal justice processes and carceral politics when considering potential avenues to justice in the aftermath of sexual violence (see Loney-Howes et al., Fem Leg Stud 32, 163–185, 2024). The discussion below examines whether alternative forms of justice occur in digital society—contending that meanings of informal justice are varied—both individually (see Chap. 6) and collectively. I conclude by examining this multiplicity, showing how informal justice is simultaneously an abstract impossibility and tangibly evident in the lives of both victim-survivors and the broader community.