Sony Pictures is pulling Seth Rogen and James Franco’s film The Interview, where North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is assassinated, after terrorist threats made five major US cinemas refuse to show it.
Twitter is alive with worries about “freedom of speech” and “freedom of expression”, while others are happy with the decision – for reasons varying from not agreeing with the movie, to not wanting to risk lives.
The argument goes a little like this.
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