Liam Payne had barely been dead for 90 minutes before his lifeless body was being paraded across the internet for strangers to gawp at. It was a sickening violation of human dignity that piled unimaginable cruelty upon a grieving family.
The publisher eventually removed the photographs, but the damage was done. The images had spread across social media.
Family forced to court for Bear
Liam's family should never have been forced to turn to courts in Argentina to protect his young son, Bear, from one day seeing such horrific pictures of his father.
Their anguish echoes that of William Chapman's family, who this week have pleaded for footage of his horrific death in a tiger enclosure not to be shared.
Accountability for internet giants
Facebook, Google, X and other internet giants must be held accountable for allowing such material to circulate. There can be no excuses for failing to remove these images swiftly and permanently.
Those who fail must face substantial fines and tougher legal sanctions. Grieving families deserve protection, dignity and compassion, not costly legal battles against powerful corporations. Human decency must always come before profit.
