New Zealand says Twitter failed to detect or remove clips from the 2019 Christchurch terror attack until the government alerted the company
Footage was taken down only after the New Zealand government alerted Twitter, which had failed to pick up the content as harmful
WH will not sign “Christchurch call to action”, a commitment by governments and social media companies to fight online extremism, citing free speech concerns
The White House will not sign an international call to combat online extremism brokered between French and New Zealand officials …
Australia passes law penalizing social media platforms for failing to expeditiously remove abhorrent violent content, despite strong opposition from tech firms
Labor supports legislation in response to Christchurch shooting that threatens jail for executives, despite media companies' concerns
Zuckerberg's op-ed on regulations rings somewhat hollow because Facebook can already make plenty of improvements in the areas mentioned without government help
It's been a busy day for Facebook exec op-eds. Earlier this morning, Sheryl Sandberg broke the site's silence around the Christchurch massacre …
Sheryl Sandberg says Facebook is exploring restrictions on who can go Live depending on factors such as prior Community Standard violations after Christchurch
Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg outlined three steps that the company is taking
House Homeland Security Committee chair seeks briefings from the CEOs of Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter, and YouTube on their responses to the Christchurch attack
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Some Australian telcos have blocked access to 4chan, 8chan, Voat, Zerohedge, and video hosting platform Liveleak for continuing to host Christchurch footage
Several websites including 4chan have been blocked by major Australian telcos for continuing to host footage of the Christchurch terrorist attack.
Facebook says it removed 1.5M videos of the Christchurch attack in the first 24 hours; over 1.2M of those videos were blocked at upload
(Reuters) - Facebook Inc said it removed 1.5 million videos globally of the New Zealand mosque attack in the first 24 hours after the attack.
Reddit bans r/watchpeopledie and r/gore after users shared links to videos of the Christchurch shooting to the subreddits
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Facebook says it has removed 1.5M videos globally, of which over 1.2M were blocked at upload, in the first 24 hours after the Christchurch attack
(Reuters) - Facebook Inc said it removed 1.5 million videos globally of the New Zealand mosque attack in the first 24 hours after the attack.