In response to the massacre of 50 worshipers at two Christchurch mosques by a single shooter, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced Thursday that New Zealand will ban military-style semiautomatic weapons, assault rifles and high-capacity magazines. Photo: Getty ImagesFacebook Inc. acknowledged that the gruesome video of the New Zealand mosque shootings revealed gaps in its handling of live broadcasts by users, but pushed back against the idea of setting up a time delay. Guy Rosen, Facebook’s vice president for integrity, said in a post late Wednesday that the company’s artificial intelligence tools had failed to catch the video of the terrorist attack in Christchurch last week that was aired live on the social media platform by the shooter. The 17-minute video shows men, women and children...

Source: Wall Street Journal March 21, 2019 08:16 UTC