MPs have called for reform of Facebook and Twitter’s autoplay videos after horrendous scenes filmed and uploaded by the Virginia shooter on Wednesday rolled automatically on users’ newsfeeds.
The video was uploaded to social networks after being shot by gunman Vester Lee Flanagan in the first person perspective style of a military-focused video games. After achieving an extensive reach online the account quickly being deleted by Twitter.
The execution automatically ran on social networks without a graphic content warning, distressing an unquantifiable number of users.
To combat the spread of such videos, Matt Warman, the chair of the cross-party parliamentary internet, Read full story ›
Source: The Drum
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