Current Events > Would it be illegal to put something like the The Ring video on Youtube?

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If the government can prove beyond a reasonable doubt the video kills who watches it can they charge the uploader with murder?

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Theres no laws against using fantasy magic to kill people.
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probably not
there have been a few people who have tried to sue god/the devil and it never worked, so i assume same principles would apply

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Possibly? Some people have been charged with assault for purposely sending epilepsy-inducing videos to people, so if you are making a video that you know will kill/cause harm to others, then yea, seems plausible

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there's a horror movie that came out a year or two ago, where *spoilers for end & name of the movie* Truth or Dare, where the two survivors put the truth or dare thing on YouTube so that they might have a chance to live longer

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Duncanwii posted...

If the government can prove beyond a reasonable doubt the video kills who watches it can they charge the uploader with murder?

They could try, though they'd still have to prove all the usual elements of a murder charge, including proving that the video actually caused the deaths of the victims. That might be a tall order.

DeadBankerDream posted...

Theres no laws against using fantasy magic to kill people.

Just about anything can be a murder weapon; there doesn't need to be a specific law stating that it's illegal to use a particular thing as a weapon. You only need to convince the court that it functioned as such.

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It would never go to trial. They would love to get their hands on something like that. Gotta beat those dastardly ruskies to the punch, after all. Nah. Youd be a lab rat the rest of your life. No trial necessary.