The tragedy of New Zealand transmitted by Facebook Live has shown the ineffectiveness of companies to censor the "viral killings"

Despite the efforts of business teams as Youtube and Facebook By eliminating violent content, the tragedy in Oceania has shown that big tech companies can not control the "Viral mbadacres".

Whenever staff or corporate systems block one of the videos of the attacker who shoots at ruthless people, they mount three more at the same time.

Facebook he said on Friday that he had "quickly" eliminated the video of the attack against Christchurch, New Zealand, which was broadcast live on the social network and offered condolences to the victims.

"The police alerted us about a video on Facebook shortly after the start of the live broadcast, we quickly eliminated the shooter's Facebook and Instagram accounts, as well as the video, "the group said on Twitter.

"We are also eliminating any praise or support for this crime and the shooter (s) we have just learned," he said.

"Our thoughts are with the victims, their families and the community affected by the terrible shooting in New Zealand," he said.

AFP badyzed a copy of the video published in Facebook Live, which shows a white man with short hair leading to the Masjid al Noor mosque. When he enters the place, he begins to shoot. At least 49 people were killed as a result of Friday's shooting in this downtown Christchurch mosque and another in Linwood, a suburb.

The New Zealand police have asked people not to share the video.

"We will continue to work directly with the police New Zealand"he badured Facebook.

Despite the company's attempts to Mark Zuckerberg prohibiting the material of about 17 minutes, in Youtube and other sites continue to replicate.

Companies have automated systems and human surveillance to counter the spread of this type of material, but critics say it does not work.

"There is no excuse so that the content of a live broadcast continues to circulate on social media, "said Lucinda Creighton, former minister of the Irish government and consultant for the Extremism Auditor project, seeks to remove violent content from the Internet.

Online platforms "claim to have their own technology but we do not know what it is, there is no transparency and obviously it does not work"he added.

The organization has developed a technology supposed to censor some violent content and has been offered to the Internet companies but rejected.

Twitter and Youtube They badured that they were working to remove from their platforms the video of the mbadacre requested by the local authorities.

Through a spokesperson, the social network Twitter He badured that he was treating the problem with great rigor and revealed that he had a team dedicated to the removal of the video.

"Our heart is shattered by the terrible tragedy of New Zealand today, and we are vigilant in eliminating all violent content," he said. Youtube through a tweet.

Jennifer Grygiel, professor of communication at Syracuse University, who conducts research on social networks, said that companies were doing little to prevent the dissemination of violent content.

"Facebook is an unmoderated platform that can convey anything you want"he said.

The teachers remembered that Facebook has not taken any substantial action since the publication of a live murder in Cleveland, Ohio in 2017.

For Grygiel, it is now common for perpetrators of violence to use social media to spread acts of violence. So more people are needed to monitor and delete the videos.

"They have keyword tracking tools and people who monitor and remove related material," he said.

The teacher insisted that artificial intelligence can help eliminate violent content, but "there is no algorithm designed for this because it is impossible to predict the future"