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<div class="c-gray-1 article-text"><p class=""><a href="https://www.cnet.com/news/facebook-explores-live-video-restrictions-after-new-zealand-mosque-shootings/" class="">https://www.cnet.com/news/facebook-explores-live-video-restrictions-after-new-zealand-mosque-shootings/</a></p><p class="">&</p><p class=""><a href="https://www.engadget.com/2019/03/29/sheryl-sandberg-facebook-live/" class="">https://www.engadget.com/2019/03/29/sheryl-sandberg-facebook-live/</a></p><p class="">Facebook says it's 'exploring' restrictions on who can go live</p><div class="bc-gray-1 o-title_mark@tp+ col-10-of-12@tl+">
<div class="t-d2@d c-gray-6@m- c-gray-3 t-d7@m- mt-15 t-d4@tp t-d3-b@tl mt-25@tp">After the shooting in Christchurch, and nearly two years after another livestreamed murder</div></div><p class="">Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg took to the
Instagram blog this evening saying "We have heard feedback that we must
do more – and we agree" (the post was also published as an op-ed in the <a href="https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=12217454" data-rapid_p="1" data-v9y="1" class=""><em class="">New Zealand Herald</em></a>). Despite the <a href="https://www.engadget.com/2019/03/29/christchurch-digital-security-social-media-fail/" data-rapid_p="2" data-v9y="1" class="">lack of credibility big tech companies have when it comes to dealing with dangerous hate groups</a>, the post's title claims "<a href="https://instagram-press.com/blog/2019/03/29/by-working-together-we-can-win-against-hate/" data-rapid_p="3" data-v9y="1" class="">We Can Win Against Hate.</a>"</p><p class="">Specifically citing the mass shooting in Christchurch New Zealand,
Sandberg revealed that it identified more than 900 videos showing
portions of the shooter's original 17-minute Facebook Live broadcast. As
a result, it's making an unspecified investment in research to identify
these edited versions of violent videos and block them.</p><p class="">More important, however, is news that the company is "exploring" restrictions on who can go Live. Coming <a href="https://www.engadget.com/2017/04/16/cleveland-police-seek-suspect-in-murder-streamed-on-facebook/" data-rapid_p="4" data-v9y="1" class="">nearly two years after a murderer in Cleveland broadcast his crime on a Facebook live stream</a>,
it seems horrifically late to start thinking about adding rules now.
Still, even with a long list of incidents, all Sandberg could say is
that potential restrictions could happen "depending on factors such as
prior Community Standard violations."</p><p class="">It's also updated the review process to respond more quickly on
similar videos in the future, and listed ways it's supporting people in
New Zealand via local organizations and the government.</p>
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