Facebook has restricted the use of live video after critics for not stopping the transmission of the Christchurch Massacre

Facebook announced Wednesday the restriction of the use of its Live platformof live videos, which was used by the author of the attacks in the mosques of Christchurch in New Zealand to convey the mbadacre of 51 people in mid-March.

The social network has been criticized for delaying the interruption of this video, whose images are spreading rapidly on the Internet. The group then promised to review Live's terms of use.

It's a "good first step," said New Zealand's premier, Jacinda Ardern, who is in Paris to launch alongside the French president Emmanuel Macron an international mobilization against violent content on the Internet.

"The terrorist on March 15 has highlighted how live image transmission can be misused to spread hate. Facebook has made a tangible first step to prevent this act from being repeated on its platform ", said Ardern.

Now, users who violate the rules of using the social network, especially those who prohibit "dangerous organizations and individuals", They will be suspended from Facebook for a period of time from the first offense.

"Until today, if people published content contrary to the standards of our community, Facebook Live or any other element of our platform, we would eliminate its content", Guy Rosen, a group leader, wrote on a blog to explain the new zero tolerance policy.

"If they continued to post content violating our standards, we prevented them from using Facebook for a while, which also eliminated the possibility of using Facebook Live", he added.

"And, in some cases, we excluded them from our platform, because of repeated minor offenses or, in rarer cases, of a single flagrant violation (such as the use of a terrorist propaganda image as a profile picture or sharing from the children's exploitation images), "he said.

From Wednesday, Anyone who breaks the rules of extremist content will be suspended from the first offense without access to Facebook Live. during a specific period, such as 30 days.

Rosen also quoted the example of a person who shares a link to a press release from a terrorist group with no contextual elements.

Facebook also plans in the coming weeks to prevent these offenders from showing ads on the network.

In addition, the group reiterated that in the case of Christchurch it was facing a technical challenge: their systems had difficulty identifying the different versions and bademblies of the original video images.

The company has announced $ 7,500 million investment in partnerships with three universities to improve the badysis of still images and videos.