New Zealand's Privacy Commissioner says Facebook is a "morally bankrupt liar" | Technology

The privacy commissioner of New Zealand attacked social media giant Facebook after the Christchurch bombings, calling the company "pathological liars in bankruptcy moral".

The Commissioner used his personal Twitter page to castigate the social network, which also angered Premier Jacinda Ardern, who hosted a live stream of attacks that killed 50 people, which was later copied and shared on the Internet.

"We can not trust Facebook," wrote Edwards.

"They are morally bankrupt pathological liars who allow genocide (Myanmar), facilitate the foreign degradation of democratic institutions.

"[They] authorize live broadcast of suicides, rapes and murders, continue to host and publish video of mosque attack, allow advertisers to target "Jewish haters" and other segments of the market hateful, and deny responsibility for any content or damage.

"They #dontgiveazuck" wrote Edwards.

Edwards was responding to an interview by Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg with the US ABC network, in which he did not commit to making changes to Facebook's live technology, including a delay on live feeds.

Zuckerberg said incidents such as the live broadcast of the attacks on the Christchurch Mosque were the result of "bad actors"; a lot of technology and a delay would delay the enjoyment of users who broadcast events such as birthday parties or group outings.

In an interview with RNZ on Monday, Edwards described Zuckerberg's remarks as "dishonest" and said the company had refused to tell his office how many murders, suicides and badual badaults had been broadcast on the platform. .

"It's a technology capable of causing great damage," Edwards told RNZ.

Prior to the mosque's attacks, Premier Ardern was a staunch fan of live Facebook, using this technology to broadcast his official press conferences, as well as more informal and informal messages from the couch of his home in Auckland or in the Premier House kitchen in Wellington.

A member of the Prime Minister's press team told the Guardian that the bureau is now looking at other platforms it could use to broadcast the Prime Minister's video messages. He was also considering creating a separate website to avoid using Facebook.

The latest live video on Facebook released by the Prime Minister was a press conference held on March 25, and the last live informal video on Facebook was a discussion of climate change two days before the attack.