For instance, Facebook’s policy on groups tied to violence practically contradicts itself.
Facebook tries to clean up Groups with new policies|Sarah Perez|September 17, 2020|TechCrunch
People in that city are still arguing, months later, over whether those people were supporting protesters, supporting police, simply trying to incite violence, or some combination thereof.
How Trump And COVID-19 Have Reshaped The Modern Militia Movement|Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux|September 4, 2020|FiveThirtyEight
This makes me think of these groups that used to work on domestic violence in India.
Eight case studies on regulating biometric technology show us a path forward|Karen Hao|September 4, 2020|MIT Technology Review
This summer’s unrest comes after years of failure by democratic institutions to respond to police violence.
Kenosha’s looting is a symptom of a decrepit democracy|Aaron Ross Coleman|September 4, 2020|Vox
If social-media companies do not act swiftly to stop calls for violence against protesters, the situation can only get worse.
How an overload of riot porn is driving conflict in the streets|Bobbie Johnson|September 3, 2020|MIT Technology Review
There is no such thing as speech so hateful or offensive it somehow “justifies” or “legitimizes” the use of violence.
Trolls and Martyrdom: Je Ne Suis Pas Charlie|Arthur Chu|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The fear of violence should not determine what one does or does not say.
Trolls and Martyrdom: Je Ne Suis Pas Charlie|Arthur Chu|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
When twelve people are killed by violence, whoever they are, for whatever reason, that is a tragedy and a waste.
Trolls and Martyrdom: Je Ne Suis Pas Charlie|Arthur Chu|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
What they say is, ‘We don’t approve of violence, but you know what?
Bill Maher: Hundreds of Millions of Muslims Support Attack on ‘Charlie Hebdo’|Lloyd Grove|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The people who are involved in the violence, they figure out ways to remain here at all costs and continue causing trouble.
Mexico’s Priests Are Marked for Murder|Jason McGahan|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Italian despots gained their power by violence and wielded it with craft.
Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Second Series|John Addington Symonds
It does violence even to that minimum of intellectual eagerness which is the portion of a contemplative mind.
The Galaxy, June 1877|Various
The statement of violence rested on the word of the victims alone.
Quintus Oakes|Charles Ross Jackson
In the midst of the bitterness of party spirit and the violence of political animosity, she was mild and courteous to all.
Alida|Amelia Stratton Comfield
Then came an explosion, the violence of which really astonished me.
Over the Front in an Aeroplane and Scenes Inside the French and Flemish Trenches|Ralph Pulitzer
British Dictionary definitions for violence
violence
/ (ˈvaɪələns) /
noun
the exercise or an instance of physical force, usually effecting or intended to effect injuries, destruction, etc
powerful, untamed, or devastating forcethe violence of the sea
great strength of feeling, as in language, etc; fervour
an unjust, unwarranted, or unlawful display of force, esp such as tends to overawe or intimidate
do violence to
to inflict harm upon; damage or violatethey did violence to the prisoners
to distort or twist the sense or intention ofthe reporters did violence to my speech
Word Origin for violence
C13: via Old French from Latin violentia impetuosity, from violentusviolent