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Facebook to tighten live streaming rules after New Zealand terror attack
Facebook will tighten controls over video broadcasts following the Christchurch, New Zealand, terror attack, where a gunman killed 50 people in mosques while broadcasting live on Facebook, the company's chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg said in an open letter published in The New Zealand Herald.
In particular, the company is thinking about limiting the ability to broadcast for users who violated the social network's rules. In addition, Facebook intends to speed up the recognition and removal of videos with fragments of broadcasts with violence. According to Sandberg, after the terrorist attack in Christchurch, moderators found 900 different versions of the terrorist's video.
Sandberg promised that Facebook would step up its fight against intolerance and hate speech on the social network, and would also make efforts to support New Zealand society. Last week, it announced that the social network would begin blocking groups that support “white nationalism.”