Copies of the video were circulating on Twitter and Facebook on Saturday and Sunday, according to multiple media reports. Many versions of these videos had been edited-with added text or blurring or cropping-in apparent successful attempts to evade the platforms’ automated removal systems, according to Jacob Berntsson, the head of policy and research at Tech Against Terrorism, a U.N.-backed project for countering online extremism. Twitch said it took down the broadcast within two minutes of the violence starting-but that was enough time for copies of the video to be downloaded and shared widely on social media platforms over the weekend. He livestreamed his rampage via Twitch, a streaming platform owned by Amazon. Three years after social media platforms committed to put an end to viral videos of terrorist attacks on their platforms, the attack in Buffalo, New York, has revealed that their efforts are still a work in progress.Ī self-professed white supremacist targeted Black shoppers at a Buffalo supermarket on Saturday, killing 10 people and injuring three others, in what authorities said was a racist attack.
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