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Poland: Teen Kills Caretaker in Second School Attack in Days

Is this a wave of online copycat violence or a failure to keep schools safe?
Poland: Teen Kills Caretaker in Second School Attack in Days
Above: A police officer stands in front of the school where a fatal stabbing occurred in Leszczydol-Nowiny, Poland, on Oct. 8. Image credit: Wojtek Radwanski/AFP/Getty Images

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Left narrative

Violence gets packaged as entertainment online, with tragic consequences when vulnerable teens find themselves radicalized. Tools to block content glorifying mass killers belong in government hands, and stalling that under a free speech banner costs lives. Poland needs prevention programs built for this new threat, as the disturbing trend of violent youth extremism, often live-streamed, continues.

Right narrative

Handing officials a switch to erase online content would do nothing to stop a teenager with a knife and everything to please bureaucrats in Brussels who want more control over speech. Pinning a school tragedy on a presidential veto is cheap politics from a government that keeps failing at the basic job of keeping classrooms safe. Security gaps and possible foreign connections deserve answers first.



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