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NZ mosque shooting shows how online users find ways to share violent videos

The massacre in Christchurch was live-streamed by an attacker through his Facebook profile for 17 minutes

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Ambulance staff take a man from outside a mosque in central Christchurch, New Zealand, Friday, March 15, 2019. Photo: AP

Paresh Dave & Munsif Vengattil | Reuters San Francisco | Bengaluru
The Friday massacre at two New Zealand mosques, live-streamed to the world, was not the first internet broadcast of a violent crime, but it showed that stopping gory footage from spreading online persists as a major challenge for tech companies despite years of investment.

The massacre in Christchurch was live-streamed by an attacker through his Facebook profile for 17 minutes, according to a copy seen by Reuters. Facebook said it removed the stream after being alerted to it by New Zealand police.


But a few hours later, footage