Wow. Recently The Verge published a special article on gore sites published on the internet where users can upload videos about people doing violent things, or witnessing murder, accidents, and other "gory" incidents that happen around the world. Lessley Anderson, the writer, discussed how the video of Magnotta, a Canadian blogger who posted a video of a murdering of a Chinese student. This is only the beginning of what the site had to offer. The article begs the questions, "who watches this stuff?". Anderson never really answers this question, but discusses how some of the users are regular people who wander onto the site for various reasons. The article is intriguing, and may not have a direct connection to what we have discussed in class, but it does seem to make one wonder if the internet should restrict somethings or should everything be okay to look at?
article found @: http://www.theverge.com/2012/6/13/3076557/snuff-murder-torture-internet-people-who-watch-it
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