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No, I haven’t seen that beheading video. And it’s not right to share it

The net is full of murder porn, self-righteously shared. So, increasingly, are newspapers. It’s time to take a stand

[Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images] 
issue 16 August 2014
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