Times of Israel: Germany shooter livestreamed deadly attack despite efforts by tech firms

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"The gunman posted a video of the attack on the Twitch livestream gaming platform owned by Amazon, the company acknowledged. The video of the shooting at a synagogue and a Turkish restaurant included a “manifesto” with racist and anti-Semitic commentary. Hans-Jakob Schindler of the Counter Extremism Project, a group seeking to curb online violence, said the latest live-stream highlights a need for stronger actions against social platforms. 'Online platforms need to step up and stop their services being used and in turn, parent companies need to hold them accountable,' Schindler said. 'Amazon is just as much to blame as Twitch for allowing this stream online. This tragic incident demonstrates one more time that a self-regulatory approach is not effective enough and sadly highlights the need for stronger regulation of the tech sector.'"

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October 10, 2019
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