'I can only imagine that someone sympathetic to this killer has decided to post this material in order to cause more harm and misery.' The killer pleaded guilty to the killings in March, and is expected to find out his sentence on Thursday.Ĭhief Censor David Shanks told Newshub no one in New Zealand wants to see the video, 'particularly not at this time when sentencing of the terrorist is about to be concluded'. 'If a member of the public comes across other content online that they think should be removed, in the first instance people should report it through the platform for review.' 'Anyone who finds it posted online is encouraged to record any details of the post and report it to police by phoning 105. 'The footage from the March 15 attacks has been classified as objectionable material by the Chief Censor, and possessing and/or distributing it is a crime,' a spokesperson said. Police told Newshub they were not aware of this particular upload. 'Thank f**k I didn't see this today but now I can see the video in my mind. 'I saw the video on the day of the attack. 'The sounds of those poor people is not going to be something easily forgotten,' said another. Things you shouldn't have to see,' said one person. The user did not respond to a Reuters request for comment.''It started playing and I took about 10 seconds to realise what it was. In another case, the video was shared by a verified Instagram user in Indonesia with more than 1.6 million followers.

In a 15-minute window, Reuters found five copies of the footage on YouTube uploaded under the search term “New Zealand” and tagged with categories including “education” and “people & blogs”. Facebook did not immediately respond to additional questions. Twitter and Google said they were working to stop the footage being reshared. Facebook said it had deleted the gunman’s accounts “shortly after the livestream commenced” after being alerted by police.īut Reuters found videos of the shooting on all five platforms up to 10 hours after the attacks, which began at 1345 local time in the city of Christchurch. The live footage of Friday’s attacks, New Zealand’s worst-ever mass shooting, was first posted to Facebook and has since been shared on Twitter, Alphabet Inc’s YouTube and Facebook-owned Whatsapp and Instagram.įacebook, Twitter and YouTube all said they had taken steps to remove copies of the videos. Bloodied bandages on the road following a shooting at the Al Noor mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand, March 15, 2019.

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