Bloody Wednesday in Dawson College - The Story of Kimveer Gill, or Why Should We Monitor Certain Websites to Prevent Murder

Studies in Ethics, Law and Technology, Vol. 2, Iss. 3, Article 1

39 Pages Posted: 10 Jul 2012

See all articles by Raphael Cohen-Almagor

Raphael Cohen-Almagor

University of Hull; Middle East Study Centre; Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Sharon Haleva-Amir

Bar Ilan University, School of Communication

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Date Written: December 17, 2008

Abstract

The article deals with the Dawson College Massacre, focusing on the story of Kimveer Gill, a 25-year-old man from Laval, Montreal who wished to murder young students in Dawson College. It is argued that the international community should continue working together to devise rules for monitoring specific Internet sites, as human lives are at stake. Preemptive measures could prevent the translation of murderous thoughts into murderous actions. Designated monitoring mechanisms of certain websites that promote violence and seek legitimacy as well as adherents to the actualization of murderous thoughts and hateful messages have a potential of preventing such unfortunate events. Our intention is to draw the attention of the multifaceted international community (law enforcement, governments, the business sector including Internet Service Providers, websites’ administrators and owners as well as civil society groups) to the shared interest and need in developing monitoring schemes for certain websites, in order to prevent hideous crimes.

Keywords: internet monitoring, violent websites, Dawson College Massacre, Jokela High School Massacre, Internet Governance, Kimveer Gill, VampireFreaks.com

Suggested Citation

Cohen-Almagor, Raphael and Cohen-Almagor, Raphael and Haleva-Amir, Sharon, Bloody Wednesday in Dawson College - The Story of Kimveer Gill, or Why Should We Monitor Certain Websites to Prevent Murder (December 17, 2008). Studies in Ethics, Law and Technology, Vol. 2, Iss. 3, Article 1 , Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2102639

Raphael Cohen-Almagor

University of Hull ( email )

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Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars ( email )

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Middle East Study Centre ( email )

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Sharon Haleva-Amir (Contact Author)

Bar Ilan University, School of Communication ( email )

Ramat Gan
Israel

HOME PAGE: http://communication.biu.ac.il/

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