A giraffe named April became an Internet sensation after the long process of her pregnancy and delivery were live-streamed by a zoo in New York state since February. At the time of the birth, about 1.2 million people watched live on YouTube.

One day after April's delivery, a man in Cleveland, Ohio, posted a video on Facebook of him shooting and randomly killing an old man, before confessing to his crime in a live video. The murder suspect shot himself in his car on Tuesday after a police chase.

These two stories are not related, but it makes one reflect on the good and bad sides of the Internet.  

The brutal murder footage was online for more than two hours before it was taken down. Facebook came under fire for it, and Justin Osofsky, Facebook's vice-president for global operations, said in a statement: "We disabled the suspect's account within 23 minutes of receiving the first report about the murder video, and two hours after receiving a report of any kind. But we know we need to do better.'' So should Facebook be blamed for this? 

David Moser, academic director at Capital Normal University in Beijing, told CGTN that nowadays there is too much media and news motivated by profit, that maybe the ultimate solution is to try to make more separation between pure news and entertainment. Things like these would go away very quickly, he argued, because their actual news value is very slight. 

Liu Xin, host of CGTN's The Point, said that just as with all types of media, there are both good and bad things that come about because of their presence. When printing was first invented many would have argued that as well as spreading knowledge, it could also have negative connotations. The Internet is no different in that sense. What is different is the fact that it is much more powerful in its speed and reach. From these two incidents we will all have learnt a bit more about the power and hidden dangers of the Internet.

The Point with Liu Xin goes out every weekday at 2130, 0530 and 1030 Beijing Time (1330, 2130 and 0230 GMT)