Facebook rejects idea of putting time delay on live videos to stop horrors like the New Zealand mosque shootings being broadcast to the internet

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Facebook said the volume of live video would make this difficult to police even with a time delay, while it may also slow down first responders.

New reporting tags may also be added after the New Zealand attack was reported for"reasons other than suicide," which potentially slowed down the time it took to be reviewed.

Facebook has rejected the idea of putting a time delay on live videos to stop horrific acts like the New Zealand mosque shootings being broadcast to its billions of users. The time delay trick is regularly applied during live television, helping broadcasters bleep out unsavoury language or deal with unexpected events that may take place while the cameras are rolling.In another blog laying out its response to the mass shootings in ChristchurchThere are millions of live broadcasts every day. Even with a time delay, Facebook would not be able to respond quickly enough to events like those seen last week.

Facebook removed a total of 1.5 million videos of the attack, including 1.2 million at the point of upload and 300,000 copies of the original after they were posted.

 

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BIAUS Mayby more focus should be on stopping people committing the acts then people filming them. After all ground wars shrunk once the public could see what was really happening in Vietnam and then Iraq

They do anything but help to censor those who abuse the platforms to begin with. They won't until laws force them to. Every time a mass terror attack happens, people rush to their social media. Guess who makes money off our tragedies? Wake the hell up, people.

facebook Thank you for continuing to make me glad that I deleted my FB account in 2005.

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