How the New Zealand mosque shootings moved across social media

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🗓️ 15 March 2019

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

Hamza Shaban on how YouTube, Facebook and Twitter failed to stop the spread of a violent video from the Christchurch mosque shootings. William Booth with an update on Brexit. And Geoffrey Fowler on the costs of “free” tax-prep services.

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0:00.0	From the newsroom of the Washington Post.
0:06.0	It's Robert Samuels from the Washington Post.
0:09.0	Post is Sarah Kaplan.
0:10.0	Hi, this is Elaheizari with the Washington Post.
0:13.0	Hey.
0:14.0	This is Post Reports.
0:15.0	I'm Martin Powers.
0:19.0	It's Friday, March 15th.
0:22.0	Today, social media's role after the mass shooting at a New Zealand mosque.
0:27.0	A Brexit deadline approaches and the potential perils of free tax software.
0:36.0	I'm 66 and I even thought of my life.
0:38.0	I'd love to see something like this.
0:40.0	Not a New Zealand.
0:42.0	On Friday, a gunman attacked two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand.
0:47.0	49 people were killed, even more were injured.
0:51.0	The alleged gunman was arrested and is being charged with murder.
0:54.0	Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern held a press conference to condemn the attack.
0:59.0	There is no place in New Zealand for such acts of extreme and unprecedented violence, which it is clear this act was.
1:09.0	A 74-page manifesto was posted online.
1:13.0	The alleged gunman also appeared to use a helmet camera to livestream the massacre on Facebook.
1:20.0	From there, it went viral.
1:22.0	In some cases, users were fed the video as it auto-played, so they didn't even explicitly choose to watch the video.
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