The Dark Shadow Shrine

embrace the darkness; that you may see the light nestled within it......

Thursday, July 21, 2016

Twitter bans writer over abuse

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A good example of a blockbuster movie getting involved with racist remarks and trolling on social media...
-debate between free speech and hate speech
-useful rebuttal where moderator or regulator of the social media site can intervene
-can we argue that all this bad publicity actually brings more attention to the movie, i.e. free publicity?
-the example of an all-female ghostbusters as an interesting BANG to qn 4 below, regardless of your stand....

"Twitter I understand you got free speech, I get it. But there has to be some guidelines when you let (it) spread like that."

Qns:

1.     ‘There is no such thing as bad publicity.’ To what extent is this true? (2015)

2.     Do films offer anything more than an escape from reality? (2014)

3.     To what extent can the regulation of scientific or technological developments be justified? (2014)
.         4.   Consider the view that some careers are better suited to one gender than the other.(2014)