racism might be fueling hate around the world This poses once more the question of online radicalization.вЂќ 'TheВ attack on New Zealand Muslims today is a shocking and disgraceful actВ of terror,вЂќ saidВ David Ibsen, executive director of the non-profit, non-partisan Counter Extremism ProjectВ (CEP)В global policy organization.В вЂњOnceВ again, it has been committed by an extremistВ aided, abetted and coaxed intoВ action by content on socialВ media.

The 28-year-old alleged white supremacist gunman not only livestreamed the rampage via helmet-cam on Facebook and Twitter, but footage of the massacre circulated even hours after the shooting, despite the frantic efforts by Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and Reddit to take it down as quickly as possible, each of which issued the requisite statements condemning the terror, and each of which have codes of conduct that are sometimes violated.ДЄhead of the attack, the shooter posted a since removed hateful 74-page manifesto on Twitter.ДЄnd during the killing, he apparently referenced divisive YouTube star PewDiePie, who for the record subsequently tweeted, вЂњI feel absolutely sickened having my name uttered by this person.вЂќ Sadly, tough questions with no easy answers. Tough questions are being asked about the role of social media in the wake of the horrific shooting that took the lives of at least 50 people at two New Zealand mosques. Valve has removed over 100 tributes to the shooter from the profiles of Steam users.Watch Video: Los Angeles increases police protection around area mosques

After Sky News Australia aired clips from the shooterвЂ™s video, Sky New Zealand took its sister broadcaster off the air. Other broadcasters and platforms like Sky New Zealand and Valve have been removing content surrounding the tragedy as well. The shooter posted a link to the live stream, and soon after he was apprehended, reuploads were found on other platforms like YouTube and Twitter. YouTube said it had removed an вЂњ unprecedented volumeвЂќ of videos of the shooting.Д¬ompanies are facing new questions on content moderation following the New Zealand attack. Over the weekend, Facebook said that it had removed over 1.5 million videos of the attack. Websites like Facebook and YouTube donвЂ™t appear to have been taken down by the ISPs, but reuploads of the shooterвЂ™s video are still circulating on those platforms. Meera Kaushik, external communications adviser for Vodaphone in New Zealand, told Bleeping Computer, вЂњWhere material is identified, the site is temporarily blocked and the site is notified, requesting they remove the material.вЂќ Like most web-level blocks, the restrictions are easy to circumvent through the use of a VPN or alternative DNS settings. The ISPs appear to be blocking access at the DNS level to sites that do not respond to the takedown requests, but itвЂ™s unclear how effective the blocks will be. Following the Christchurch shooting last week, internet service providers in New Zealand are blocking access to websites that do not respond or refuse to comply to requests to remove reuploads of the shooterвЂ™s original live stream.ДЄccording to Bleeping Computer, sites like 4chan, 8chan, LiveLeak, and the file-sharing site Mega have all been pulled by ISPs like Vodafone, Spark, and Vocus.

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