The drastic decision that Facebook plans to execute in the coming days

April 1, 2019

The Facebook social network, which has more than 2200 million active users per month, could confirm a news that would be a rumor in the coming hours.

After the murder of New Zealand, in which 50 people were killed in two mosques of Christchurch while the killer has retransmitted events through Facebook Live, the social network acknowledged that I should have done more to avoid this kind of situation.

Facebook restrictive measures after the killing of 50 persons in New Zealand, broadcast live by Facebook Live.

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However, he had not given concrete explanations of how he intends to do this, perhaps because the task is not easy and the way to deal with such a complex situation is not easy. not very clear.

Until now, they relied mainly on the report of users themselves when they reported illegal content live, but the system was totally ineffective. In the case of the murder of New Zealandthere were no reports from users until 21 minutes after the events.

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After two weeks in which the company was killed, it was Sheryl Sandberg, Chief of Operations Facebook and right hand of Mark Zuckerberg, who offered some additional explanations about what happened this weekend in an open letter published by the newspaper New Zealand Herald.

In her Sandberg he admits that the social network "listened to the comments that indicated that they could have done more and that they are totally in agreement". In addition to showing their grief for what happened and presenting their condolences to the families and to the entire nation, the directive says that they continue to review or have occurred and that they work with the New Zealand police in their investigations.

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As for what the social network will do in the future to prevent this type of situation, Sandberg it does not offer a lot of clues, even though it suggests a novelty: the company might consider eliminating in the future the ability to stream live to people who are not getting it. are not consistent with the rules of use in social networks.

"We are working on several measures, such as tightening the rules for the use of Facebook Live and include some restrictions of use. We will control who can broadcast live based on factors such as past violations of community rules. We are working to eliminate hatred on all our platforms, "says the directive.