A Muslim group in France has said that it is suing Facebook and Youtube for inciting violence by streaming the footage of Christchurch massacre.
The French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM) informed that the content which was streamed from the platforms will encourage terrorism and impacts the dignity of human beings.
On March 15, New Zealand witnessed one of the worst shooting massacres which killed 50 individuals. The massacre was streamed live on Facebook for 17 minutes and then subsequently was shared across the internet.
Facebook said that it swing into action to remove hundreds of thousands of copies. The footages, however, could still be found on Twitter and Facebook.
Abdallah Zekri, president of the CFCM’s Islamophobia monitoring unit, informed that he has floated a legal complaint against Facebook and Youtube in France.
A spokesman of the Federation of Islamic Associations of New Zealand (FIANZ) has endorsed the French group’s action.
“They have failed big time, this was a person who was looking for an audience and you were the platform he chose to advertise himself and his heinous crime,” said FIANZ spokesman Anwar Ghani, referring to Facebook.
“We haven’t been in touch with the (French) group … but certainly, something which can deter the social media space in terms of these types of crimes, we would be supportive of that,” he said.
