independent.co.uk: Beheading videos have no place on Facebook - The site must take responsibility for its content

In its defence, Facebook says that its site is “a place where people share their experiences, particularly … connected to controversial events on the ground”. But it is hard to see how such nobility of purpose translates into grim videos of horrific – yet entirely banal – violence. The caveat that, while such things can be posted, they cannot be “celebrated”, is just as meaningless. Not only does a Facebook page confer a degree of normalcy upon that which is better kept abnormal; it is risible to suggest viewers’ responses can be controlled. Meanwhile, there is also a question of consistency here. Presumably rape, say, or paedophilia, is still off limits. Or are they not?

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