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Mike Drop

Digital Vigilante: Takedowns, Sextortion Nightmares, and Why the Dark Web Never Sleeps | Ep. 257 | Pt. 2

Mike Drop

Mike Ritland

Society & Culture, Personal Journals, Documentary, Politics, News

4.9 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 18 September 2025

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to Part 2 of Episode 257 of the Mike Drop Podcast, where host Mike Ritland brings his no-nonsense, battle-hardened perspective to raw conversations with warriors, survivors, and truth-tellers. This time, Mike sits down with James McGibney, the unapologetic founder of Bullyville.com, who’s spent over a decade hunting down online predators—from revenge porn kingpins like Hunter Moore to cyberstalkers hiding behind sock puppet accounts. In this gripping episode, you’ll hear jaw-dropping stories from McGibney’s fight to shut down the internet’s darkest corners, practical advice for parents on keeping kids safe in a digital jungle, and unfiltered takes on everything from swatting and AI deepfakes to cancel culture and Epstein conspiracies. Packed with hard-earned wisdom, a touch of humor, and a nod to Beam’s Dream Powder for warrior-level sleep, this is a masterclass in resilience and fighting back against the chaos of the online world. Stay tuned for Part 3. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey Anna, I've got a new secret weapon for print.

0:02.2

Print?

0:02.9

Vista print, right?

0:04.0

That's not a secret. Print everything for your business with Vistaprint. Business cards, stickers, t-shirt, signage, even photo books from your last holiday. If you need it, we print it at vistoprint.co.uk. A friend of mine, a very close friend of mine, his son was in the middle of a sex-stortion issue and they went

0:22.2

to the police, they went through all the steps.

0:24.6

The police, when they are trying to identify someone, they have to issue subpoenas and

0:30.1

those take time.

0:31.5

And if you're issuing a subpoena to an internet service provider overseas, good luck.

0:36.7

You know, good luck getting the information back.

0:38.1

And if you do get it back, someone's probably behind a VPN, a virtual private network,

0:42.3

and maybe they're daisy-chaining VPNs where they're just hopping all over the place you'll

0:45.7

never find them. I can tell you that, ironically, when I'm protecting my employees from clicking on a link, that is the best way to really

0:58.7

try and figure out where someone is and what they're doing is you create your own SOC account

1:04.8

and you befriend them.

1:05.8

You find something that they have on their timeline that they're talking about and you gain

1:10.7

their trust,

1:12.2

to the point where then you're in a DM session with them, and you're like, did you see

1:15.7

this shit?

1:16.7

And as soon as they click on that link, that's all I can tell you about that.

1:22.5

That's all I got to say about that.

1:24.6

Yeah, that's wild.

1:25.6

There's so much to it that, or I guess I would say,

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