For over a week, clips from a Facebook livestream of 33-year-old veteran Ronnie McNutt taking his own life have been circulating around social media. “Ronnie’s video was up for eight hours and it had already been shared to a viral level before it was pulled down,” said Steen. “If Facebook had done their job, this video wouldn’t be public.”Ronnie McNutt and Josh Steen at an event in Alabama. On the left, the video of McNutt's suicide posted in a private Facebook group on Tuesday. Earlier this year, TikTok was criticized for waiting almost three hours to alert authorities after a 19-year-old user livestreamed his apparent suicide.

Source: Forbes September 09, 2020 19:48 UTC