Live-streamed Philippine school shooting raises alarm over ‘memetic violence’

A deadly school attack in the southern Philippines is drawing scrutiny as part of an apparent regional pattern of youth violence that echoes the staging, symbolism and online spectacle of mass shootings overseas. Authorities are investigating whether the incident in Zamboanga, in which a student reportedly broadcast parts of the attack online, was influenced by exposure to digital media, while analysts said the case underscored the risk of “memetic violence” – in which past atrocities are...

By Sam Beltran