Facebook explained why it had not detected the live broadcast of the massacre in the New Zealand mosque

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Social networks have served as a showcase for Brenton Tarrant he showed the mbadacre he perpetrated in two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, because he had a camera on his head with which he had recorded and broadcast live on Facebook live for 17 minutes.

The video was removed from the social network after a user reported it half an hour later, according to the company Wednesday night in a text signed by Guy Rosen, Vice President of Product Management.

He explained that for its artificial intelligence systems, it is more difficult to detect shooting videos than naked because it is based on the amount of information that they have recorded. "This video did not activate our automatic detection systems."

"To achieve this, we will need to provide our systems with large volumes of data of this type of specific content, which is difficult because These events are fortunately rare. Another challenge is discern automatically this content visually similar and harmless content; For example, if our systems mark thousands of video games videos broadcast live, our critics might miss important videos of the real world. "

Facebook said that it would explore whether it is possible to use artificial intelligence in live broadcast videos. But strengthen its sensitive content detection technology.

Although for some it may be a solution to add delay time in live video, Facebook said it would not be effective because in addition to not going to the bottom of the problem, this would only delay user reports on dangerous contentor to inform the police about criminal activities.

Brenton Tarrant, A 28-year-old Australian, he had in mind a camera with which he had recorded and broadcast the murder live.

The attacker entered the Masjid Al Noor mosque in downtown Christchurch, and began with aa semi-automatic rifle of high caliber to shoot without distinction on the parishioners.