Pressure Mounts on Facebook to Police Users’ Content

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Following a shooter’s live stream of mosque massacres, New Zealand and Australia join other jurisdictions seeking stricter regulations

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand—Pressure on Facebook is mounting following a live stream of the New Zealand mosque massacre, with the nation’s leader calling for an overhaul of the country’s social-media laws and her Australian counterpart proposing criminal penalties for companies that are slow to remove such content.

In New Zealand, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern told a local TV show Tuesday that she was looking for “meaningful change” to the country’s social-media laws and needed time to work out proposals. In neighboring Australia,...

 

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Government passing civil responsibility to companies when it should be the government. Hint they are angry at the government not the companies.

Must videos be streamed live the answer is no

When new technology appears the users and regulators engage in stylized warfare until a working relationship is established. Part of the current situation, no one saw the impact or consequences earlier. Now we have to piecemeal solutions to repair the damage.

Sieg heil mein Fuhrer!!!

Facebook is still a thing?

Fakebook is a pathetic medium.. screws everybody with adverts you dont need headed by some dude who doesnt answer important emails.

They should've acted after an entire restaurant almost got shot by a MAGA terrorist triggered by YT Pizzagate videos. They should've acted after Pittsburgh massacre by a Trumpian white nationalist, triggered by toxic QAnon conspiracy disinfo. Did they?

i hope Facebook does not cave...the actions of a few should not affect the many this will also affect users in the usa... New Zealand and other liberal countries can go pound sand

Fucking law

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