Facebook has removed 1.5 million videos of the massacre

The New Zealand massacre was broadcast live. The person who committed these attacks was being recorded and broadcast on Facebook. Something that has helped these images to expand very quickly. Therefore, from the social network they work to eliminate all these videos. They have made statements confirming that they have already removed 1.5 million videos of the tragedy.

Facebook has removed 1.5 million videos of the New Zealand massacre

The social network seeks to eliminate all the videos of the attack. Those that have been edited are also being removed, as they have already reported.

Facebook against viral videos

In the past Facebook has already had problems with this type of content, for example with those from IS. Since they are content that is usually shared very quickly on the social network, which makes them viral in a matter of minutes. This has happened again with the New Zealand attack, which forces the social network to act with great speed in this regard.

At the moment we do not know if there are still many videos of this type that have to be removed. Although surely there are still pages where they are being shared. So we will have to be vigilant.

The social network has not announced new measures in this regard. In the past, Facebook has made some modifications to detect this type of video as soon as possible. Although in many cases they use artificial intelligence in the process, it is usually a useful aid.

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