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Social media giants slammed for spreading graphic footage from Buffalo shooting
Social-media sites are being slammed for the spread of graphic and far-right material from Saturday’s horrific attack in Buffalo, New York
The gunman livestreamed the fatal shooting of 10 people at a Buffalo supermarket on Twitch.
The gut wrenching footage captured on the gunman’s helmet, was duplicated on other streaming sites after Twitch removed it.
Twitch was quick to take down the live stream, but meta and twitter still remain behind the eight ball and under heavy scrutiny.
The platforms say footage from the attack and links to the shooter’s manifesto are being actively removed.
While 22 viewers watched the stream live on Twitch, the Washington Post says a copy uploaded to an alternative streaming site was viewed more than three million times before its removal.
Facebook did not remove a link to the copy for more than 10 hours, racking up tens of thousands of views
Meta says it is removing and blocking copies of the livestream, the shooter’s manifesto and external links to them.
But Meta says some people have been trying to bypass its policies to post material from the attack online.
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