Hours after the New Zealand terrorist attack, copies of the gruesome video that appears to show the massacre continued to appear on Facebook, YouTube and Twitter, raising new questions about the platforms' ability to manage harmful content
Dozens of people were killed Friday in shootings at two mosques in the city of Christchurch.One of the shooters appears to have livestreamed the attack on Facebook . The disturbing video, which has not been verified by CNN, purportedly shows a gunman walking into a mosque and opening fire.
Tech firms 'don't see this as a priority'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.
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