

“Our hearts go out to the victims, their families and the community affected by this horrendous act,” Facebook New Zealand spokeswoman Mia Garlick said in a statement.

The alleged perpetrator livestreamed the massacre on Facebook for 17 minutes before the content was flagged by authorities. On Friday New Zealand local time, an unidentified man in his late 20s killed at least 49 people and seriously injured at least 20 others during two orchestrated shootings at Christchurch mosques. A livestream of one of the most tragic events in New Zealand history is highlighting the difficult issues encountered by Facebook and other tech companies when monitoring content.
