![]() ![]() New Zealand authorities had to ask for the video to be taken down. Facebook quickly removed the alleged gunman’s Facebook and Instagram accounts - but not because its algorithm or moderators had flagged the violent content in real time. Scrubbing the video from the internet was like playing a game of whack-a-mole. Even professional journalistic institutions gave in to the temptation to air video of the massacre. The shooter had laid a trap across the internet that exploited the newsworthiness of the attack and leaned into peoples’ inclination to gawk at horror and violence. He shared a rambling 74-page manifesto espousing white supremacy that was full of memes and easter eggs meant to invite attention from all corners of the internet and admiration from other extremists who live online. He live-streamed the attack on social media, wearing a body camera to simulate a video game. The suspected gunman did everything he could to make his shooting spree go viral. The hate-filled terror rampage at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, was meticulously designed to maximize the number of witnesses around the globe, highlighting the difficulty in putting a lid on extremist hate that spreads online. ![]()
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