Cyber-stoning
Webster’s defines ‘stoning’ as:
1 : to hurl stones at; especially : to kill by pelting with stones
The Wikipedia definition of ‘stoning’, or lapidation, is a bit more appropriate:
refers to a form of capital punishment whereby an organized group throws stones at the convicted individual until the person dies.
However, “cyberstoning”, or “cyber-stoning” is similar in intent, but not in action, but should include the group component. Rather, the definition for cyberstoning would more closely resemble that of “pillory”:
to expose to public derision, ridicule, or abuse.
Thus, for our purposes, “cyberstoning” should be defined as the following:
cy·ber·ston·ing
[sahy-ber-stohn], verb, adverb, noun; cyberstone, cyberstones, cyberstoned
Through the use of the internet or other digital media, to expose to mass or group public derision, ridicule, harrassment, or abuse ; commonly stemming from a perceived slight, insult, or failure to adhere to social norms, to the public or the Internet.
Alas, while I found no documented, online definition for ‘cyberstoning’, since it was referenced in no less than 4 sites located in a google search, I have not prevailed my attempts to plow new lexiconic ground.