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Are there too many trigger warnings before programmes?

Are there too many trigger warnings before programmes?

Update: 2025-10-13
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Researchers in Australia have released a study that giving people a trigger warning before they are about to watch offensive content does not change their behaviour and could make them want to watch it. For an insight into why people would be so intrigued to continue watching, Chartered Behavioural Psychologist at changeable.ie, Padraig Walsh.

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Are there too many trigger warnings before programmes?

Are there too many trigger warnings before programmes?

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