> I don't see why non-consensual gore isn't treated the same as child porn.
Because then the video of George Floyd's murder would never have surfaced the way it did. The dissemination was driven by social media and those "bad" gore websites at first, and only later picked up by the professional media.
If there was such a law, even if it had exemptions for cases like the Floyd murder, social media companies would have put a lid on it "just to be safe legally" severely hurting dissemination, and professional media would have maybe reported on it, but wouldn't have shown it because their legal would never have OK'ed showing it.
Yes, it's bad that people use such videos for entertainment, but in my opinion it's worse to hide or penalize publication of videos and pictures of murders (like George Floyd's murder), war atrocities (like the naked Vietnamese girl), or terrorist attacks (like 9/11).
Because then the video of George Floyd's murder would never have surfaced the way it did. The dissemination was driven by social media and those "bad" gore websites at first, and only later picked up by the professional media.
If there was such a law, even if it had exemptions for cases like the Floyd murder, social media companies would have put a lid on it "just to be safe legally" severely hurting dissemination, and professional media would have maybe reported on it, but wouldn't have shown it because their legal would never have OK'ed showing it.
Yes, it's bad that people use such videos for entertainment, but in my opinion it's worse to hide or penalize publication of videos and pictures of murders (like George Floyd's murder), war atrocities (like the naked Vietnamese girl), or terrorist attacks (like 9/11).