Valve notes the tributes paid to the memory of the suspect by New Zealand bullet

Valve has withdrawn more than 100 tributes to the so-called white supremacist responsible for the mass shootings in a mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand, according to Steam's profiles, Kotaku. In the days following the attack, many users have updated their profile to include the shooter's name or image and, in one case, the GIF's format. ;attack.

Kotaku said he initially saw 66 profiles that paid tribute to the shooter in the aftermath of the attack, which had claimed the lives of 50 people. The number of tributes has exceeded more than 100. After contacting Valve for a comment, the tributes were removed even though users continued to praise the shooter. Kotaku He adds that "hundreds of pages continue to refer to the mass shooters, including the perpetrators of the Charleston, Isla Vista and Parkland massacres and the 2011 massacre in Norway", using the names or images of the assassins. We have solicited feedback from Valve and will update this post if we have any news.

Many organizations have been working to contain the video's spread of the attack. YouTube has been working to stay ahead of the re-uploads of footage of the attack, while Reddit has banned r / watchpeopledie, a sub-movie featuring videos of people dying. The broadcaster Sky New Zealand went so far as to remove Sky News Australia from broadcasting in the country after sharing footage of the attack.