![]() New Zealand's state-owned Lotto told Reuters it had already pulled advertising from social media because "the tone didn't feel right in the aftermath of these events." Burger King, ASB Bank and the telecommunications company Spark are also considering ending their ads, according to the New Zealand Herald. At least 49 people were murdered Friday at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, in an attack that followed a grim playbook for terrorism in the social media era. Man who chased New Zealand mosque shooter is being hailed as a hero From the video of Saddam Hussein’s hanging to the beheading of James Foley, LiveLeak has often sparked controversy with the videos users uploaded onto its platform."We challenge Facebook and other platform owners to immediately take steps to effectively moderate hate content before another tragedy can be streamed online." "ANZA and the Comms Council encourage all advertisers to recognize they have choice where their advertising dollars are spent," the joint statement said. Taliban fighters executed nearly two dozen unarmed members of the Afghan special forces, mowing down the soldiers in a town market after they surrendered when they ran out of ammunition. Facebook is one of several social media platforms scrambling to crack down on uploads of the video, which remained online for hours after the massacre. Originating on Facebook Live, the clip was uploaded onto TikTok. Fewer than 200 people had watched it live and the first user report of the video had come 12. A graphic video of a man committing suicide spread across TikTok early this week, and the company is still working to remove it. The Association of New Zealand Advertisers and the Commercial Communications Council put out a joint statement Monday asking businesses to think twice about giving Facebook more ad dollars. On Friday, a gunman live-streamed for 17 minutes the attack on two mosques that killed 50 people. ![]() Some Kiwi companies have already said they might end ads on Facebook. ![]() Two business associations in New Zealand say companies should stop advertising on Facebook after an anti-Islam terrorist used the platform to livestream his massacre at a mosque in Christchurch. Facebook struggles to police content on its platform 07:02 This, Facebook said, was among the reasons the company couldn’t quickly eliminate the footage from its platform, which the killer chose as his medium for his broadcast. ![]()
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