Demelius, Y., & Yoshida, Y. (2025). Technologies of the YouTuber self: Digital vigilantism, masculinities and attention economy in neoliberal Japan. Global Crime, 26(2), 120–147. https://doi.org/10.1080/17440572.2025.2451833 ABSTRACT This paper investigates YouTube vigilantism in contemporary Japan. While studies have discussed the relationship between vigilantism and the public police and technology’s role in the weaponisation of visibility, attempts …