OPINION: Why you should think twice about watching the Christchurch shooting live stream
In some past incidences of terrorism and hate crime, pictures of the wrong people have been published around the world on social and in mainstream media.on various social media sites.Along with the photographs and 17 minutes of film, the alleged perpetrator has penned a 73-page manifesto, in which he describes himself as"just a regular white man".
Norwegian extremist Anders Behring Breivik, who killed 69 people on the island of Utoya in 2011, took a similar approach to justifying his acts.2083: A European Declaration of Independence.Those who believe in media freedom and the public's right to know are likely to complain if information and pictures are not available in full view on the internet. Conspiracies fester when people believe they are not being told the truth.
Instant global access to news can also pose problems to subsequent trials of perpetrators, as was shown in the recent case involving Cardinal George Pell. While some large media platforms, like Facebook and Twitter, are under increasing pressure to clean up their acts in terms of publishing hate crime material, it is nigh on impossible to stop the material popping up in multiple places elsewhere.
Members of the public, and some media organisations, will not stop speculating, playing detective or"rubber necking" at horror, despite what well-meaning social media citizens may desire.Colleen Murrell is an associate professor of journalism at Swinburne University of Technology. This article originally appeared on
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