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The contribution of the internet

to violence in the UK.

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Different types of violence on
the internet.

Since the internet, many different forms of violence have been


Discovered. The internet has definitely helped popularize
Certain types of violence in the UK. The most popular types are:

Happy slapping
Knife crime
Gun crime
Filming violence for sites such as Youtube.
Happy Slapping.

Since the internet, a form of violence has been created known


As happy slapping. Happy slapping is considered a fad in
which someone assaults an unwitting victim while others
record the assault.
Though the name usually refers to relatively minor acts of
violence such as hitting or slapping the victim, more serious
crimes such as murder, rape, and sexual assault have been
classified as "happy slapping" by the media. It Is seen as
entertainment for many young people who take part in these
videos.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47Qrs3OQgV8
Knife Crime
 The internet has been a massive influence in the rise in
knife crime in the UK. There are numerous Internet sites
that sell dangerous knives, in the same way Amazon
sells books or Tescos sells food. These weapons can be
ordered with ease and sent to any address. Some youths
use the internet to glamorize knife crime by
pictures/videos of them with knifes and other harmful
objects, these pictures can then be seen by millions of
young children on internet sites such as facebook and
they can be lured into this culture on knife crime.
Examples filming violent crimes
A MAN accused of terrorism told police that video footage of him firing a
gun and a film called 'The Blackburn Resistance' was just a bit of
fun'.Muhammad Ali Ahmad, 26, of Whalley Range, Blackburn, is on trial
at Manchester Crown Court alongside co-defendants Abbas Iqbal, 24,
and Ilyas Iqbal, 23, of Percival Street.Ahmad, a white man formerly
known as Paul Cryer, was arrested last summer after the court was told
his friend Abbas had been caught carrying terrorism-related material at
Manchester Airport on August 14.
Police confiscated video clips said to show the trio brandishing and firing
guns in the garden of a house in Percival Street.There they also
discovered the film, 'The Blackburn Resistance', which the prosecution
said showed Ahmad and Illyas practising combat crawling in
Corporation Park.
Blackburn Resistance

http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=V5ZwtlPaIQQ
Internet music videos promoting
violence
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47Qrs3OQgV8

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