Censorship Fuels Crime Backlash

When platforms and institutions limit access to factual, upsetting crime footage (labeling it 'malinformation'), that suppression can create information vacuums and perceptions of concealment. Those vacuums amplify anger after controversial judicial or prosecutorial outcomes, raising the risk of politicized backlash or vigilante sentiment. — This reframes content moderation as a public‑order variable: moderation choices can change public perceptions of justice and thus influence real‑world political pressure and policy responses.