Should it be against the law to share tragic images on social media?

Violent images online can spread quickly and have harmful consequences. Should we be using the law to fight that?

Chris Stokel-Walker

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Posted on May 8, 2016 Updated on May 26, 2021, 7:54 pm CDT

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Chris Stokel-Walker

Chris Stokel-Walker is a technology reporter whose work regularly appears in the Guardian and the New Statesman. He is the author of ‘African Lions,’ ‘The Revolution Will Be Tweeted,’ ‘ODB v FBI,’ and ‘Confessions of a Freelancer.’