The announcement precedes an event in New York on Monday, where tech leaders will meet with government representatives to discuss the "Christchurch Call," a commitment by governments and tech companies to eliminate violent extremist content online.
Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., said at the Commerce Committee hearing on Wednesday, according to the Washington Post. “I would suggest even more needs to be done, and it needs to be better, and you have the resources and technological capability to do more and better,” Sen. New Zealand has also tightened its gun laws and banned certain types of semi-automatic weapons since the attack.In a separate announcement posted Tuesday, the company outlined how it would develop an independent oversight board of 40 members to oversee the platform’s major content decisions.įacebook announced the changes a day before senate lawmakers questioned the company, along with executives from Google and Twitter, about their efforts to curb the proliferation of extremism online. New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has helped lead a global pledge named the "Christchurch Call," aimed at boosting efforts to keep internet platforms from being used to spread hate, organise extremist groups and broadcast attacks.
CHRIST CHURCH SHOOTING VIDEO TRIAL
His trial has been scheduled for next May. New Zealand shooting: Video shows police arresting suspected gunman after 49 killed in mosque attacks. Arps based on what it is that he has actually done, and what he accepts he has done, not on the basis of the views that he holds," Williams said.Īfter the hearing, Williams said Arps had filed an appeal against his sentence at the High Court, but declined to comment further.Īustralian Brenton Tarrant, 28, last week pleaded not guilty to 51 counts of murder, 40 counts of attempted murder and one count of terrorism in the mosque shooting case. "It's my submission that this court needs to be very careful to sentence Mr. The judge said Arps had argued he had a right to distribute the video under the banner of freedom to pursue his political beliefs.Īrps' lawyer Anselm Williams told the judge that Arps should not be sent to prison. Christopher Daniels said that a video of the service streamed online earlier Sunday may have documented the attack but that it was removed from YouTube. The teen is accused of sharing the video and an image of the Al Noor mosque with the words "target acquired." He is next due to appear in court on July 31. An 18-year-old was jailed in March while the others weren't kept in custody. In other cases, at least five other people were also charged with illegally sharing the shooting video. Almost five months after 51 people were massacred at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, sick footage of the killings surfaced on YouTube and Instagram. Under New Zealand laws aimed at preventing the distribution of objectionable material, Arps faced up to 14 years imprisonment on each count. The judge said Arps also asked somebody to insert crosshairs and include a kill count in order to create an internet meme, although there was no evidence he'd shared the meme.
O'Driscoll said Arps had sent the video to 30 associates. "Your offending glorifies and encourages the mass murder carried out under the pretext of religious and racial hatred," the judge said. The judge said Arps had compared himself to Rudolf Hess, a Nazi leader under Adolf Hitler. The judge said Arps had strong and unrepentant views about the Muslim community and had, in effect, committed a hate crime. Philip Arps had earlier pleaded guilty to two counts of distributing the video, which was livestreamed on Facebook by a gunman on March 15 as he began killing 51 people at two mosques.Ĭhristchurch District Court Judge Stephen O'Driscoll said that when questioned about the video, Arps had described it as "awesome" and had shown no empathy toward the victims.
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