Twitch deletes shooter's live-stream video of Buffalo mass shooting

[Eugene]

Source: WIVB-TV

Twitch deletes shooter’s live-stream video of Buffalo mass shooting

by: Adam Duke
Posted: May 14, 2022 / 07:19 PM EDT
Updated: May 14, 2022 / 08:00 PM EDT

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The gunman who killed 10 people Saturday in a mass shooting at the Jefferson Avenue Tops Markets location was live-streaming on the internet, authorities said in a press conference.

Live-streaming service Twitch has confirmed the shooter used the service to broadcast the incident.

Twitch sent the following to News 4:

We are devastated to hear about the shooting that took place this afternoon in Buffalo, New York. Our hearts go out to the community impacted by this tragedy. Twitch has a zero-tolerance policy against violence of any kind and works swiftly to respond to all incidents. The user has been indefinitely suspended from our service, and we are taking all appropriate action, including monitoring for any accounts rebroadcasting this content.”

TWITCH

Governor Hochul condemned the live-streaming of the incident and demanded vigilance on the part of social media platforms when it comes to monitoring content.

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Read more: https://www.wivb.com/news/buffalo-supermarket-mass-shooting-tops/twitch-deletes-shooters-live-stream-video-of-buffalo-mass-shooting/

[texasfiddler]

1. Elon Musk says nothing about the radical right.

As a South Afrikan white is this what he wants for twitter? Is this cancel culture to him?

[LonePirate]

2. Twitter and Twitch are two different companies. Amazon owns Twitch.

Twitch does a decent but nowhere near perfect job of moderating the thousands of streamers on its site and the sometimes wild west chat rooms for the streamers. They do a good job of removing content and blocking users who violate rules. Unless someone alerted the company of what was happening, I could easily believe any automated tools they have would not be able to distinguish between a real shooting and a video game shooting. Federal and state authorities will obviously be granted access to the video and the suspect's account as part of their investigations.

[texasfiddler]

3. I understand they are two different companies.

This has to do with Elon focusing on the radical left and ignoring the radical right. I can see why Democrats lose the messaging and marketing battle. Democrats do not know how to change the narrative. They just spout facts.

[rockfordfile]

4. There are other un-American right-wing pos on that service pushing loser gun shit