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Re:After a livestreamed suicide, TikTok waited to call police by drivingmenuts on Friday February 07, 2020 @03:13PM (#22270362)
Bystander has a different meaning online, though. Is a viewer located halfway around the world still a bystander when they are not governed by the law surrounding an event and may not have any way to influence said event? Is this same person culpable?
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Re:After a livestreamed suicide, TikTok waited to call police by freeone3000 on Friday February 07, 2020 @03:15PM (#22270394)
Yes, it'd be the same as if you were on the phone with the person.
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Re:After a livestreamed suicide, TikTok waited to call police by brianTheDog on Friday February 07, 2020 @09:36PM (#22273416)
That doesn’t make sense. The person on the phone you most likely know where they live. If you are on an 800 number how do you contact the correct authorities? A public account on tiktok can’t tell you who to call... unless it has a video of ghostbusters, but that won’t help.
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