Facebook has released more details of its response to the Christchurch terrorist attack, saying it did not deal with the attacker’s live stream as quickly as it could have because it was not reported as a video of suicide. The company said streams that were flagged by users while live were prioritised for accelerated review, as were any recently live streams that were reported for suicide content. It said it received the first user report about the Christchurch stream 12 minutes after it ended, and because it was reported for reasons other than suicide it was handled “according to different procedures”. He said at the time: “We are researching systems that can look at photos and videos to flag content our team should review. On Tuesday Facebook and YouTube defended their responses to the Christchurch live stream.

Source: The Guardian March 21, 2019 10:48 UTC