How many people saw the New Zealand video live, according to Facebook

The live broadcast of the filming in the city of Christchurch in New Zealand, which left 50 dead and 50 wounded on March 15, sparked a sharp wave of criticism of Facebook for not having removed this content before the social network and thus preventing it from being to viralize images.

The company issued a report in which it gave more details on the scope of the publication of the author of the mbadacre. According to Facebook, the video was seen less than 200 times during live broadcastor and about 4 thousand in total before the social network deletes it.

"No users reported the video during live streaming.The company's first report on the original video came 29 minutes after the start of the video and 12 minutes after the end of the live broadcast, "said the company in a statement posted on its website.

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He also explained that before the platform receives an alert about the video, "a user of 8chan (the platform also called Innitechan) posted a link to a copy of the video on a site to share files ".

However, within 24 hours of shooting, about 1.5 million videos of the attack have been eliminated in the world. "More than 1.2 million of these videos have been blocked and, therefore, prevented from seeing our services," they said.

Among the actions he's led, the companyuprimió the personal accounts of the identified suspect of Facebook and Instagram as well as to continue to "actively identify and eliminate any imposter account that is created".

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On the other hand, in addition to deleting the original Facebook Live file, the social network experts have divided it into "other actions visually similar to this video are detected and automatically deleted from Facebook and Instagram ".

"Our hearts are with the victims, their families and the community affected by the horrendous terrorist attacks in Christchurch, we remain shocked and saddened by this tragedy and we are committed to working with New Zealand leaders and other governments. and in the entire technology sector to help combat hate speech and the threat of terrorism. We continue to work around the clock to prevent this content from appearing on our site."They said.

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