Facebook spokeswoman Mia Garlick said: “Police alerted us to a video on Facebook shortly after the live stream commenced, and we quickly removed both the shooter’s Facebook and Instagram accounts and the video. The Facebook live stream video has been taken down, though it’s not known how quickly Facebook deleted it. Image courtesy: MARK BAKER/AP/REX/SHUTTERSTOCK There’s strong demand for online platforms to better regulate hate speechįacebook, Twitter and YouTube have responded to the shootings by deleting any footage of the incident. The shootings have resulted in many demanding these online platforms to do more to prevent hate speech posted on their sites. He live streamed a 17-minute video of him shooting multiple people in the Al Noor Mosque in Christchurch. One of the shooters even live streamed the attack on Facebook. It is clear that online platforms played a huge roll in these shootings. Then on Friday, someone posted “I will carry out and attack against the invaders, and will even livestream the attack via Facebook,” Reuters reported. The shooter reportedly posted a 74-page anti-Muslim manifesto to Twitter criticizing “white genocide.” He also posted likewise on 8chan (a discussion site where users frequently post hateful content). The shootings have left at least 49 people dead and is the worst mass shooting in New Zealand’s history. The horrific mass shootings at New Zealand mosques have ignited strong demands for YouTube, Facebook and Twitter to regulate violent hate speech on their platforms.
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