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An Argument For Not Taking Down Horrific Videos

Posted by timothy on from the what's-actually-happening dept.

A few days ago, we posted a story that asked whether posting horrific videos online served a legitimate journalistic purpose; some images that are shocking in their violence are now routinely available, including and especially the recent video of Jordanian pilot Muath al-Kaseasbeh being burned alive. Matthew Ingram writes at GigaOm that, whatever you think of the motives or results of the traditional news media showing such videos or choosing not to, there's good reason for social media sites not to reflexively remove such content.

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  1. Let's Show Both Sides Because Fairness by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    What a poorly thought out argument. The article essentially says free speech is one of the reasons, despite snuff films not even being remotely protected speech, while "being informed" is the other, despite the ability to be informed without actually watching the propaganda snuff. It read like a reactionary blog post by some rando with "an opinion". Good thing Slashdot is here to "present the other side"

  2. How about the atrocities committed by the USA? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Why don't we see those videos or images?