Suicidal cases have become a very serious issue nowadays throughout the world and such small matters or even issues could really trigger this action to be done by anyone. Because of that, any image or video that promotes this kind of suicidal behavior should be banned and also censored from any social.
This is what a famous social media platform that is TikTok is doing. The team that is working for this application is working their hardest to ban a viral video of a guy from Mississippi, United States shot himself on the head. This video could unfortunately trigger a lot of suicidal danger worldwide.
This horrific of a view video has gone viral on many other social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, and many more. To protect many people sanity, many TikTok users have been warning their peers to be alert with the gruesome viral video about suicide.
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please please be careful scrolling through tiktok tonight people are posting a graphic video of a man with a beard committing suicide on facebook live. i would avoid the app for the next day or so until tiktok gets this settled
— ren (@barelygoth) September 7, 2020
A representative from TikTok said, “We are banning accounts that repeatedly try to upload clips, and we appreciate our community members who’ve reported content and warned others against watching, engaging, or sharing such videos on any platform out of respect for the person and their family”. They also promoting a hotline to help anyone.
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Sources: The Verge.
