A muslim group in France, the plaintiff Facebook and Google to let the man who attacked two mosques in New Zealand and killed 50 people, stream the attack directly.
the Group The French Council of the Muslim Faith (GFCM) has addressed the case against the French departments of the two tech-giants with the explanatory statement:
– To broadcast a message with violent content that encourages terrorism, or of a nature, which most likely would violate human dignity and be shown to a minor, writes AFP.
In France can such a case be a criminal offence with up to three years in prison and a fine of 75,000 euros – equivalent to 560,000 dollars.
the Perpetrator behind the attack 15. march in Christchurch streamed the shooting in the mosques directly on Facebook.
Subsequently, videomaterialet also shared on the other videohjemmesider including YouTube.
Facebook’s French department, says to AFP that this will now examine the action.
the Department adds that ‘acts of terrorism and hadtaler not belong on Facebook, and its thoughts go to the families and the whole muslim community, who are affected by the tragedy.’
– We have done much to remove the video from our platforms. We cooperate with authorities, and our team is still in full swing, adds the department.
The livestreamingen lasted 17 minutes and was shared on many different platforms.
According to the GFCM took it Facebook 29 minutes from the streaming began, it was taken down.
