Facebook is trying to stop terrorists live-streaming attacks

Two months after a terrorist live-streamed the killing of 51 people at two New Zealand mosques on Facebook, the company announced new rules to prevent a repeat of that kind of incident.

But it’s unclear if the new rules would have prevented the gunman’s ability to broadcast his attack.

Ahead of an online extremism summit taking place in Paris on Wednesday, Facebook announced it is introducing a “one strike” policy that will ban users from using its Facebook Live feature if they have previously broken the company’s terms of use.

“Anyone who violates our most serious policies will be restricted from using Live for set periods of time – for example, 30 days – starting on their first offense,” Facebook VP of Integrity Guy Rosen said in a blog post.

For example, if a user shares a link to a statement from a terrorist group without context, they will now be immediately blocked from using Live for a set period of time. But there’s no indication that the Christchurch gunman posted content on Facebook that would have violated its policies in this way.

Source: Vice News