French Muslim group sues Facebook, YouTube over New Zealand attack video

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Facebook didn’t incite to kill. They are not responsible for what this crackpot did. But Islamic texts and teaching incite to genocide and slaughter. So after every Islamic attack, can we sue Islam? Ban the Quran?

French Muslim group sues Facebook, YouTube over New Zealand attack video

Tech giants accused in France of broadcasting ‘violent content abetting terrorism, or of a nature likely to seriously violate human dignity and liable to be seen by a minor’

By AFP, March 23, 2019:

The French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM) said Monday it was suing Facebook and YouTube for allowing the public broadcast of a live video by the man who carried out the New Zealand mosque massacre this month.

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The council said it was suing the French branches of the two tech giants for “broadcasting a message with violent content abetting terrorism, or of a nature likely to seriously violate human dignity and liable to be seen by a minor,” according to the complaint, a copy of which was seen by AFP.

In France, such acts can be punished by three years’ imprisonment and a 75,000 euro ($85,000) fine.

Facebook said it “quickly” removed the live video showing the killing of 50 people by a white supremacist in twin mosque attacks in Christchurch on March 15.

But the live stream lasting 17 minutes was shared extensively on YouTube and Twitter, and internet platforms had to scramble to remove videos of the gruesome scene being reposted.

The CFCM, which represents several million Muslims in France, said it took Facebook 29 minutes after the beginning of the broadcast to take it down.

Major internet platforms have pledged to crack down on the sharing of violent images and other inappropriate content through automated systems and human monitoring, but critics say this is not working.

Internet platforms have cooperated to develop technology that filters child pornography, but have stopped short of joining forces on violent content.

A US congressional panel last week called on top executives from Facebook and YouTube, as well as Microsoft and Twitter, to explain the online proliferation of the “horrific” New Zealand video.

The panel, the House Committee on Homeland Security, said it was “critically important” to filter the kind of violent images seen in the video.

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felix1999
felix1999
4 years ago

I haven’t seen it yet. Can someone post it?

Why the hypersensitivity? We see Muslim handiwork all the time – beheadings, mutilated bodies etc..
You don’t see Muslims complaining about infidel deaths caused by them. I think it’s because it is part of their terrorist propaganda and hypocrisy. Islam is a disgusting ideology.

Navy_Vet
Navy_Vet
4 years ago

YouTube should post videos of snipers taking out Muslim terrorists. The show the good work of garbage removal.

Dave
Dave
4 years ago
Reply to  Navy_Vet

It is well past time to side against islam; the world has already entered Ottoman 2. The end of their 7th century political ideology must be annihilated on this planet forever; stop tolerating this cult masquerading as a religion and free the oppressed people within i-slam. Why has it taken so long for “oppressed people” to rise up” and ” wake up? I-slam like communism must die; quickly and absolutely.

felix1999
felix1999
4 years ago
Reply to  Dave

Russia is trying to recreate the old Soviet Union. Turkey wants to bring about the Ottoman empire and China is busy colonizing other countries and the EU is welcoming Muslim invaders.
How is all of this going to work out – the feet mixed of iron and clay?
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Thurston Howell III
Thurston Howell III
4 years ago

DId you sue the cowards that called themselves IS that killed hundreds, if not thousands, by slicing their heads off, burning them alive, etc etc etc????

And then aired them over and over and over on hundreds of websites????

NO…you’re using your selective outrage to pick out people that killed your kind – you could give a F about anyone else.

So hard to feel sorry for hypocritical snowflakes.

felix1999
felix1999
4 years ago

They view themselves as SUPERIOR to infidels.
Their lives matter more… I say the opposite it true.

mezcukor
mezcukor
4 years ago
Reply to  felix1999

Me too

patd
patd
4 years ago

F*CK the muslims and FB!!!!

aemoreira1981
aemoreira1981
4 years ago

Let them sue. Facebook and YouTube are merely platforms used to broadcast, and both have been trying to scrub the livestream. This will be thrown out!

Laurie
Laurie
4 years ago

I happened to be traveling in NZ when the attack occurred. I was on the North Island and no where near Christchurch. Overall, The kiwis were stunned by the attack. They are lovely people, but so far away from a lot of things, they never thought it could or would happen there. I had the opportunity to speak with many of them and I told them Islam is NOT a religion, it’s a complete life system. I also told them their beliefs are incompatible with western civilization. Many agreed with me.

What was really surprising was watching the local media reaction on TV. Many women wore headscarfs and they were in no way Muslim. The PM, Jacinda, put one on too and was in the Capitol city of Wellington while I was there, hugging Muslims. They seem to think they are all one big happy community of New Zealanders. The pandering was nauseating. Ugh.

Laurie
Laurie
4 years ago

I happened to be traveling in NZ when the attack occurred. I was on the North Island and no where near Christchurch. Overall, The kiwis were stunned by the attack. They are lovely people, but so far away from a lot of things, they never thought it could or would happen there. I had the opportunity to speak with many of them and I told them Islam is NOT a religion, it’s a complete life system. I also told them their beliefs are incompatible with western civilization. Many agreed with me.

What was really surprising was watching the local media reaction on TV. Many women wore headscarfs and they were in no way Muslim. The PM, Jacinda, put one on too and was in the Capitol city of Wellington while I was there, hugging Muslims. They seem to think they are all one big happy community of New Zealanders. The pandering was nauseating. Ugh.

Michelle
Michelle
4 years ago

If you speak Arabic a simple glance at the sword waving , blood curdling violence in most most Friday mosque sermons available on YouTube totally destroys this claim. But hypocrisy is unknown under islam while lying, cheating and total lack of honesty are inherent to it.

mezcukor
mezcukor
4 years ago
Reply to  Michelle

Very true that’why I do not trust any Muslim

Pantalones
Pantalones
4 years ago

They blame everyone and sue everyone whenever something happens to them.big or small.Yet they could kill and rape at will and even sue for not being allowed to finish raping and killing at will, and win thanks to cowardly cucked judges.

Stephen Honig
Stephen Honig
4 years ago

Facebook kisses Muslim asses!

R. Arandas
R. Arandas
4 years ago

But I don’t get it, did social media take the same policy towards the Islamic State attacks? I mean, I think there are pretty gruesome videos of Daesh on Facebook and YouTube.

Dave
Dave
4 years ago

Just think of all the gloating beheading and murder videos the Islamists have posted. They’re such comedians.

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