Facebook, YouTube and Twitter are struggling to halt the spread of horrific footage that appears to show a massacre at a mosque in New Zealand as it was taking place. 9News
Hours after the attack, however, copies of the gruesome video continued to appear on Facebook, YouTube and Twitter, raising new questions about the companies' ability to manage harmful content on their platforms.
YouTube, which is owned by Google, removes "shocking, violent and graphic content" as soon as it is made aware of it, according to a Google spokesperson. YouTube also declined to comment on how long it took to first remove the video. This is the latest case of social media companies being caught off guard by killers posting videos of their crimes, and other users then sharing the disturbing footage. It has happened in the United States, Thailand, Denmark and other countries.
Facebook's artificial intelligence tools and human moderators were apparently unable to detect the livestream of the shooting. The company says it was alerted to it by New Zealand police."The tech companies basically don't see this as a priority, they wring their hands, they say this is terrible," Ms Creighton said.
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