Harmless Or Cruel? The Nasty Side To Web Videos Exposed
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Is there a nasty side to web videos? This is one of the issues we’ll be discussing on Sky.Com News tonight.
Footage has emerged of white students in South Africa apparently making black staff eat food contaminated with urine (see photo above).
There’s also been a boom in the number of videos of school pupils brawling and posting the fights on websites such as YouTube.
Both examples have prompted furious debate. One blogger in South Africa posted on a forum that the students filmed degrading the black staff have “stooped beyond the lowest forms of humanity – something that is absolutely unthinkable.” But another responded that the video “has been ripped out of all perspective”.
The school fights have also divided opinion, with some bloggers saying pupils have always had scraps in the playground. Others have found it distressing that examples of bullying and violence are available for all to see.
What do you think? Are these scandals or storms in teacups? Is there a nasty underbelly to the footage young people post online?
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