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Elon Musk’s X wins appeal to lift block on Australians seeing Charlie Kirk shooting footage
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 17 Dec 2025
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Why doesn't he just fuck off?
This is why billionaires shouldn't exist.
I hate the guy too, but this is fairly reasonable.
Online censorship is a bad thing, my guy.
There is really no societal benefit in showing violence porn though. Everyone who is going to watch it already knows he's dead. It's not showing new hidden information.
I agree that censorship is generally bad, but sensationaliaed sharing of awful footage is also bad. Australia also bans love streams for other terrorist attacks to remove it as a propaganda tool. So, it's not just Kirk, but a policy to reduce extremism.
Plenty of reasons.
Now make this backfire; make the visuals or sound part of something catchy light and fun.