“We did as much as we could to remove, or seek to have removed, some of the footage that was being circulated in the aftermath of this terrorist attack,” she said. Prime Minister of New Zealand, Jacinda Arden, said Facebook has “further questions to answer”. “Why is it that when it comes to making a dollar the big social media giants know everything about the users of social media, when it comes to detecting and preventing and discouraging hate speech, then they become Pontius Pilate and wash their hands of the whole affair,” said opposition leader, Bill Shorten. ![]() “Out of respect for the people affected by this tragedy and the concerns of local authorities, we're also removing all edited versions of the video that do not show graphic content.”įacebook also claims it quickly removed the Facebook and Instagram accounts of the shooter. “In the first 24 hours we removed 1.5 million videos of the attack globally, of which over 1.2 million were blocked at upload,” Facebook New Zealand’s Mia Garlick said in a statement. ![]() There is growing pressure on Facebook to address the way it deals with violent and hateful content, following the live streaming of the Christchurch terrorist shootings on Friday that left 50 people dead.Ī 17-minute live stream of the massacre was widely shared on the social media platform, prompting Facebook to act.
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