It's good that the ISP's decided to act on their own in this case, and they weren't ordered by the courts. But can't say I am a fan of this. Why participate in censorship? Once something is on the Internet, it's not gonna go away. It's trivial to get the shooting footage for those who want to see it. Censoring is a band aid at best. These tragedies happen because of an underlying problem. Address gun laws, address xenophobia. Those are the real problems. Censoring the footage is just going to create more curiosity. It is giving exclusivity to a killer. The act of censoring the footage is giving credence to the killer.
Besides, I think there are legitimate uses of this footage. We live in a world where mass shootings are increasing. But there is no public awareness in countering these situations. I think at this point we should train students from a young age, and adults, on what to do if in an active shooter situation. The fact that this isn't done is incredibly scary to me. I personally saw the footage, so that I can potentially pick up things from it and potentially save my life if god forbid I end up in a situation like that.
I am so incredibly saddened and frustrated by the lack of training for these situations in our society. With a proper response I think so many lives could have been saved. In this instance, killer went into the mosque and all the people formed 2 giant clumps/clusters around the 2 door exists on either side of the central entrance the killer entered from. Killer just unloaded on the right hand side cluster, then left hand side cluster. He faced practically zero opposition. One brave man successfully tackled him to the ground but by that time it was already too late.
I understand that in a panic situation like that it's fight or flight and most people understandably lose their heads and try to flee, and it is very hard to coordinate a counter attack to something like this. But this is why I say we need to bring this type of training in schools and in our day to day lives. I know it's a morbid reality where such a thing is necessary but alas such is the reality right now. If everyone had rushed the killer instead of forming 2 giant convenient clusters for the killer to unload into, I think so many lives would have been saved.