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The Elliot Rodgers videos are still up on YouTube, though. On the balance, it’s probably more helpful to allow people to understand what led up to these events
by akamaka 9y ago
The Elliot Rodgers videos are still up on YouTube, though. On the balance, it’s probably more helpful to allow people to understand what led up to these events rather than suppressing the shooter’s words for the sake of some theoretical safety benefit.
- zimpenfish 9y ago> On the balance, it’s probably more helpful [] Although this is negated by the strong positive correlation between media coverage of a shooting and an uptick in following shootings (which I'd suggest is more than "some theoretical safety benefit".) cf http://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2016/08/media-contagion.aspx http://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2016/08/media-contagi...
- baud147258 9y agoI've heard it's the same for suicide, with even the same way of suicide used in the subsequent suicides.
- danso 9y agoThat's a good point. Apparently they were taken down temporarily before being reinstated: https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2014/05/27/youtube-finally-takes-down-all-of-elliot-rodgers-videos/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2014/05/27/youtube-... Also worth noting is that the shooter's family could have requested the takedown.