A French Muslim Council sued Facebook and YouTube via the New Zealand attack video

A French Muslim Council sued Facebook and YouTube via the New Zealand attack video

A French Muslim groups sued Facebook and YouTube after the Internet giant a stream broadcast live March 15 shootings Zealand mosque, Agence France-Presse reported. The French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM), according to AFP said it is “probably seen sending a message with the violent incitement to terrorist content or a sort of a small human dignity and responsible to seriously hurt” against society assumes that a copy of receiving a complaint. In France, these offenses can result in charges to imprisonment up to three years and a 75,000 euro ($85,000) fine. was in a statement issued five days after the shooting, Facebook said that the original video to be “within minutes”, alerted the police station of New Zealand. There are no user signs the 17-minute clip, the approximately 4,000 times were considered on the social platform before being left behind, said the company’s social media. But the movie has been copied and made accessible in detail after Christchurch parties attacks killed 50 people, sending Facebook, YouTube and other platforms scrambling to block and delete them. Facebook said in the first 24 hours alone, it removes more than 1.2 million video of the attack. During filming, the technology giant under heavy criticism for its inability to prevent the spread of content portraits to stop acts of terrorism and violence. In a parliamentary address on March 18, said Prime Minister of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern of the tech companies role in the spread of extremist content. “We can not just sit back and accept that there are only these platforms and that what is said to them is not the competence of the place where they are published,” said Ardern. “You are the editor, not only the postman,” he added. “There can be no case of all gain, no accountability.” The Committee of the US House on Homeland Security also an open letter to the CEO of Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and Microsoft, called to ensure that companies “, published that the recognition by a viral video on platforms had not received the next act inspirational violence. “Facebook said in the case of New Zealand, it was a” “fight bad actor core communities who repeatedly upload modified versions of the video in several formats. The Menlo Park company added that it is working to improve the AI ​​because of the spread of hateful material. image
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