There are over 15,000 documentaries on bullying prevention. There are peer-reviewed studies on adolescent aggression. There are legal records of school violence. None of them require you to watch a pixelated video of a 14-year-old getting sucker-punched on a bus.
However, the counter-argument is devastatingly simple: When you watch a child get stomped on a pavement in 2008, you are not a passive observer. You are a consumer. The "fightingkids archive" has no historical value in a museum sense; it has prurient value. fightingkids archive
In the early 2010s, social platforms relied on the DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) and reactive reporting. If a child was beaten on camera, the video stayed up until a parent filed a complaint. By 2018, that changed. There are over 15,000 documentaries on bullying prevention
By: Digital Culture Desk