Journalists frequently face criticism for providing terrorists with the "oxygen of publicity" by reporting on their motives or demands. Facebook said it removed more than 1.5 million versions of the attacker's live video feed of his mosque attack in Christchurch. Some researchers argue that terrorism wouldn't be able to exist without the publicity media grant them by reporting on their actions and ideologies. Over the decades, the quest to dominate headlines has resulted in attacks being tailored for TV - as 9/11 was - or for social media, as the latest case in Christchurch shows. The same now applies to social media, where embargoes are almost impossible to enforce.

Source: Stuff March 19, 2019 12:33 UTC