1) A while back I wrote a piece of what we might NOT want to share or tweet during (and immediately after) terrorist attacks. Given the horrible, graphic videos from #Vienna tonight, it might be worth repeating why. The first...
2) Don't help terrorists by spreading their terror...
3) Avoid rumor and half-truths...
4) If the dead was your mother, father, daughter or son...would you want their death to become a viral moment watched by millions? Victims (and their families) deserve dignity and privacy.
5) Finally, when I write about not sharing these image I'm often accused of encouraging "censorship" or "appeasing" terrorists. I make same arguments regardless of the ideology of the killer. Free speech includes the freedom to not speak if you feel the consequences are negative.
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