The user did not respond to a Reuters request for comment. Christchurch shootings: Gunman live-streamed attacks on mosques. In another case, the video was shared by a verified Instagram user in Indonesia with more than 1.6 million followers. In a 15-minute window, Reuters found five copies of the footage on YouTube uploaded under the search term “New Zealand” and tagged with categories including “education” and “people & blogs”. The content of the video is disturbing and will be harmful for people. A DIA spokesperson says that the video is likely to be objectionable content under New Zealand law. Facebook did not immediately respond to additional questions. The Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) advises that people who share the video of the shooting today in Christchurch are likely to be committing an offence. Twitter and Google said they were working to stop the footage being reshared. For some it may become the dominant memory of the. Facebook said it had deleted the gunman’s accounts “shortly after the livestream commenced” after being alerted by police.īut Reuters found videos of the shooting on all five platforms up to 10 hours after the attacks, which began at 1345 local time in the city of Christchurch. Many who watched the shocking video of the gunman attacking the mosques in Christchurch will still have those searing images in their mind. The live footage of Friday’s attacks, New Zealand’s worst-ever mass shooting, was first posted to Facebook and has since been shared on Twitter, Alphabet Inc’s YouTube and Facebook-owned Whatsapp and Instagram.įacebook, Twitter and YouTube all said they had taken steps to remove copies of the videos.
Bloodied bandages on the road following a shooting at the Al Noor mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand, March 15, 2019.
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