'These depraved ideas are fermenting on social media...it's spreading like a virus now,' New York Governor Kathy Hochul said Sunday.
New York Governor Kathy Hochul said Sunday that social media companies bear responsibility for the spread of hateful ideology after a gunman live-streamed a mass shooting at a Buffalo supermarket.
In the hours after the shooting, Hochul said social media outlets need to be"more vigilant" in monitoring content and expressed dismay that the live stream wasn't taken offline"within a second." New York Governor Kathy Hochul said Sunday that social media companies bear responsibility for the spread of hateful ideology after a gunman live-streamed a mass shooting at a Buffalo supermarket. Above, police at the scene of the Tops Friendly Market on May 14 in Buffalo, New York.
After the attack, a spokesperson for Twitch said the site"has a zero-tolerance policy against violence of any kind and works swiftly to respond to all incidents," according to the. The company added that Gendron's account has been indefinitely suspended, and that it will take action to prevent anyone from rebroadcasting the shooting on its platform.
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