CBS News reported that The Kindness Mob, a group started in 2023, has come to the aid of hundreds of people who were victims of online bullying. According to the outlet, the group is about half a million strong and is one that “secretly battles internet spite.”
The headline and summary in the CBS News report give the group’s start year as 2023, its size as about half a million, and its record as helping hundreds of people. The material available for this story does not say how the group identifies people who are being bullied online, what kind of help it provides, or how it measures its results.
The CBS News report also does not say how the group’s membership was determined or whether the half-million figure was confirmed independently. The figures are reported here as stated by CBS News and were not independently verified for this story.
The CBS News report does not name an author in the material used for this story, so no byline can be attributed to the piece. The group’s origins, leadership, and methods are not described beyond the points in the headline and summary.
This story relies only on the headline and summary of the CBS News report. No other outlet’s reporting was consulted for it, so the account reflects only what that report’s headline and summary provide. A fuller account of the group’s work would require the complete CBS News article.
Sources: CBS News: "The Kindness Mob" has come to the rescue of hundreds of online bullying victims.