For example there is one guy in a country who is being a dick or a single small business in some country that’s being a dick
But the internet catches wind of it and it ends up gaining traction online and ends up going from something small and minor to something huge online and actually seeming worser and bigger than it is and potentially makes the country where it happened appear like that when it isn’t true.
I’m looking for a word or words to describe this.
Doxing is when you expose someone’s (or a business’s) identity or name or location for the internet to brigade.
Most of the time the target has faced some controversy (often petty and small) and once the internet catches wind, a flurry of fury and hate is unleashed upon the target.
Is this what you mean?