Facebook removed 1.5 million videos of the Christchurch attacks

[Cattledog]

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Facebook said that it removed 1.5 million videos of footage from the shooting rampage at two mosques in Christchurch within 24 hours of the attack, underscoring the massive game of whack-a-mole social media giants have to play with even the most high-profile problematic content on their platforms.

In a statement, Mia Garlick, spokeswoman for Facebook New Zealand, said that the company continues to “work around the clock to remove violating content from our site, using a combination of technology and people.” Of the 1.5 million videos of the massacre, filmed by a body-worn camera on the perpetrator almost in the style of a video game, 1.2 million were blocked at upload.

Facebook’s statement came after New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said in a Sunday news conference that there were “further questions to be answered” by Facebook and other social media sites over their response to the events.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/facebook-removed-15-million-videos-of-the-christchurch-attacks-within-24-hours--and-there-were-still-many-more/2019/03/17/fe3124b2-4898-11e9-b871-978e5c757325_story.html?utm_term=.337fbe775512

[UniteFightBack]

1. I can't believe that Sky News actually broadcast it...what the actual hell??? nt

[lunatica]

2. New Zealand leading the way on decency.

It might actually discourage some terrorists.

[ansible]

3. Nope, it's the Streisand effect yet again

The more you try to suppress something on the internet, the more widespread it becomes.

[lunatica]

4. I bet China and Russia disagree with you.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

5. Nope, it's the Alex Jones effect

Ask him how many views he lost when he was kicked off all the major platforms.

[ProudLib72]

12. He had to resort to yelling at shit...literal shit

[Hermit-The-Prog]

13. yelling at his peers -- horse turds

Thanks for that!

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

6. I haven't seen the video.

But I do think that people ought to see exactly what damage high powered bullets do to the human body.

The problem with shootings as portrayed in movies and TV is that it looks so clean, so antiseptic. In reality, the damage is brutal.

If people could see what happened to the children at Sandy Hook, I think the NRA would be out of business very quickly. Because that is exactly what they are defending. The indefensible.

[LuckyLib]

8. Yes! Why not put out there what gun culture can do?

[meadowlander]

9. Next of kin should have oportunity to give or withhold consent

The alternative is that family members inadvertantly see their loved ones being slaughtered.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

10. That is true.

But if even one gave consent it would make a difference.

Since I've never lost a child to gun violence, I know I haven't a clue what I would think or do, but I'd like to think I'd have the courage to say to the world: Look at this. Look at what was done to my child.

As Emmitt Tills mother said, "I wanted the world to see what they did to my baby."

I would want the world to see also.

[FakeNoose]

7. It's the least they could - for decency's sake

I'm sure Facebook is still waiting for their pats on the back and their attaboys.

[Doodley]

11. It is a snuff movie, and it only takes one deranged idiot to hero

worship this shooter and follow in his footsteps and to think he is doing work Donald Trump would be proud of and we have another massacre.