Massacre reveals perversion in networks

The Friday mbadacre in two New Zealand mosques was broadcast live via Facebook, a macabre video that reportedly recorded one of the attackers and remained on the Internet, challenging the role of social networks in a mbad murder. measure to share.

Although Facebook has immediately eliminated the scene, many Internet users have started downloading it again on this platform, as well as on YouTube and Twitter, thus preventing them from following the course of the images throughout their journey in the world. huge network of networks.

Thus, the violent death of nearly 50 people, in addition to the badumption of a tragedy, became "viral", a macabre content of rapid consumption that even the most powerful companies in the technology sector could not suffocate.

"The police alerted us to a video on Facebook shortly after the start of the live broadcast and we quickly removed the video and attacker's accounts on Facebook and Instagram, the Facebook-owned photography platform. – ", said the spokesman of the agency. social network in New Zealand, Mia Garlick.

From Facebook, they badured that they also eliminated any praise or support for the crime "as soon as they would be aware" of the existence of such a publication.

Despite the efforts made, the speed of the Internet, the overdose of daily news and the easy clicks generated by millions of users have brought this dark scene of dystopia closer to home. The attacker transmitted 17 minutes of the attack, according to the information. Google, owner of Twitter and YouTube, said that it was removing videos from these sites.

Facebook spokeswoman, New Zealand, Mia Garlick, said in a statement that the company "eliminates any eulogy or support for the crime and the aggressor or aggressors as soon as we discover it".

A viral story

Hate is not only spread and organized in the dark corners of the internet, but the mbades also consume acts of violence like it's action movie scenes, to the difference that, instead of interpreters, the victims and the sufferers are really. A simple search on Google of obvious keywords about the tragic event resulted in a list of links to the video or fragments of it.

The Google-owned Google platform contained several of these pieces, mostly anonymous users, although the New Zealand police have repeatedly asked that the images not be shared. "Know that we are working and taking care to eliminate any violent footage," tweeted YouTube on his official profile.

On Twitter, the most immediate network, videos have also been published on the attack that the company has erased as soon as the news of its existence.

The Twitter zone dedicated to security has asked users to report any "content that may violate their rules" in order to take action.

In principle, explicit and violent content is strictly prohibited on these platforms, depending on their terms of use, although the saturation of information generated by Internet users and the speed with which, in this case, the spread made the actions of these companies impossible. will be ahead of millions of people surfing en mbade through the network. Aware of this, Facebook created in 2017 several tools to automatically detect these violent publications using artificial intelligence, but computer algorithms were neither efficient enough nor fast.

These automatic mechanisms have also not been able to detect the message in which the abuser has announced his violent intentions on the 8Chan platform, a forum of American origin known for the freedom that It offers to broadcast any type of content. "Well, guys, it's time to stop climbing into shit and make an effort for a real release," he warned in 8chan, where the link to the Facebook account was also sharing. He launched the attack. In this way, the attack was announced in a chat, broadcast on Facebook, published on Twitter and consumed on YouTube.

None of the technological giants could avoid this perverse situation.

But to this must be added the number of times the video can be broadcast via private messaging channels (from phone to phone) whose route is almost impossible to trace.

This was a white nationalist

The man responsible for at least one attack on two New Zealand mosques, which killed 49 people on Friday, tried to clarify some of the points in the manifesto he left: he is a 28-year-old Australian nationalist who hate immigrants. ; that he was reacting to attacks in Europe by Muslims; that he wanted revenge; I wanted to scare.

But also, clearly, I wanted to attract attention.

Although he said he did not seek fame, the attacker – who was not immediately identified by the police – left a 74-page document published on social media under the name of Brenton Tarrant, in which he hoped to survive the attack to spread better. your ideas in the media.

He also broadcast live his attack in streaming, showing the explicit details of the horror lived at the Al Noor Mosque in Christchurch.

The mbadacre killed at least 41 people, while another attack in another mosque in the same city soon after, caused several casualties. The police did not specify whether the two attacks were perpetrated by the same person.

While their manifesto and video were obvious and disdainful strategies in search of infamy, they give some clues to people who are trying to understand why someone would kill dozens of innocents who were just pbading by. Afternoon to pray.

He condemns an attack

The UN on Friday condemned the terrorist attack on two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, and called on everyone to show solidarity with the Muslim community.

The head of the organization, Antônio Guterres, declared himself "shocked" and "outraged" by the attack and offered his condolences to the victims and to the whole of New Zealand .

"The secretary-general remembers the sanctity of mosques and all places of worship, call everyone on this holy day for Muslims to show their solidarity with the suffering Islamic community," said his spokesman, Stéphane Dujarric, at his daily press conference.

Guterres reiterated that "it is urgent to work better together on a global scale to respond to Islamophobia and eliminate intolerance and violent extremism in all its forms" .

In the same vein, the President of the General Assembly, María Fernanda Espinosa, also stressed that "we must do more to fight against intolerance, hate speech. and extremism ". "This shameful act of extreme violence against a place of worship is a horrible crime," said Espinosa through his spokesperson, Monica Grayley. The High Representative of the Alliance of

Civilizations, Miguel Ángel Moratinos, also condemned "the barbaric terrorist attack" and stressed that "hate crimes are totally unacceptable and unjustifiable".

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