Reddit, Twitter and Google's YouTube also tried to move quickly to remove content related to the shooting. Facebook said 1.2 million of those videos "were blocked at upload." The company said it was able to detect visually similar videos to the original and automatically remove them from Facebook and Instagram.įacebook said on Saturday that it removed 1.5 million videos of the attack in the first 24 hours after it was originally livestreamed. New Zealand police are warning citizens they’ll face 10 years in prison for sharing the Christchurch mosque attack video, and a host of websites have been blocked as censors scrub the shooter’s manifesto from the internet. The video was, however, shared in different formats across Facebook.
Facebook said it also removed the account of the suspect from Facebook and Instagram as well as the live video. Social media firms have faced intense criticism for not doing enough to police content on their platforms, particularly the kind allegedly created by Tarrant. The first user report on the original video came in 29 minutes after it was first posted, and 12 minutes after the live broadcast ended, Facebook said.
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In total, the video was viewed 4,000 times before it was removed, the American social media giant said. Update at 12:30am Saturday: Facebook says it has taken down a video of the shootings at a New Zealand mosque and removed the identified shooter's accounts from its platforms after being alerted by. The mass murder ended when he turned the gun and shot himself in the head. New Zealand police say the gunman, an Australian citizen, killed 49 people and injured 48 when he opened fire on two mosques during prayer service, first live-streamed the attack on Facebook.
Such broadcasts remain on Facebook even once they have ended. YOUTUBER PewdiePie has responded revealing his disgust after one of the New Zealand gunmen said his name before opening fire in a horrific massacre live-stream. Reuters is calling the incident 'the latest U. No users reported the video during the live broadcast, the social network said. During the livestream, Facebook said the video was viewed fewer than 200 times.
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