If you haven't heard yet, two bombings on Moscow's subway have killed dozens of people earlier today. When this was first announced, at least 38 people had been killed; with over 60 wounded. The bombers are being called, "black widows" by numerous news organizations. The term refers to Chechnyan female suicide bombers who have been radicalized by the continuing conflict in the North Caucasus of Russia. As you can imagine, the cold, hard facts have not come to light yet. Because of this many people are turning to the internet for answers. Key words such as "moscow bombings," "subway explosions," and "black widow bombings" have rocked Google and other searches.
Believe it or not, Twitter is covering the bombings. Twitter user "zlaw" has uploaded pictures and "RT_com" has a Twitter feed with the newest updates on the bombings. There is even a video with an eyewitness description of the bombings. *All of these contain disturbing images.* The question is whether or not social media sites should be allowed to be posting this information, and if so, should there be a censor/limit on what users can and cannot post? Also, should we wait for the more "legitimate" information from respected news organizations like CNN to be announced; or is it better to find the latest news on social media sites? What do yall think?
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With great amounts of media comes great amounts of information, not always a good thing. I guess you can choose wether or not you wanna see this images so i don't have a huge problem with this.
Yeah along the the lines of what Joe said, you can choose which source you want info from and there are varying levels of "disturbing" with each of them. Internet will always have this and so people have to choose based on how much their stomach can take.
i agree with joe and bryant...
its your choice whether or not you look at them...
i dont think there should be a censor by any means...
I don't think you can keep news such as this away from the social media sites. People talk about news, that's why it's news. So you can't keep people from posting such things on social media sites. Besides, with the rapid movement of information on the internet, I'm sure the things being posted aren't things you can't easily find yourself. For me personal, this would be an example of how I would hear about such news, however, once news organizations such as CNN announce what's going on, hopefully with more detail, that would then be what I would base my full understanding of the happenings on.
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