Thai Police to Take Down Online Content after Facebook Killing

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Kamis, 1 Januari 1970 07:00 WIB

Wuttisan Wongtalay broadcasted himself killing his daughter and suicide in a live video on Facebook. Dailymail.co.uk

TEMPO.CO, Bangkok - Police in Thailand on Wednesday, April 25, said they would discuss how to speed up taking down inappropriate online content after a man broadcast himself killing his 11-month-old daughter in a live video on Facebook.



Two videos, which were available for nearly 24 hours before they were taken down, show WuttisanWongtalayhanging his daughter from a building on the southern Thai island of Phuket on Monday before he turned off the camera and killed himself.


"In the future, we will discuss inappropriate online content, whether on Facebook or YouTube or Instagram and how we can speed up taking this content down," deputy national police spokesmanKissanaPhatanacharoen told reporters.


Read: Man Committing Suicide on Facebook Reveals Reason for Ending Life



It was not immediately clear how authorities plan to speed things up.


Police had asked the Ministry of Digital Economy to contact Facebook about removing the videos. The ministry, in turn, contacted Facebook on Tuesday and the videos were taken down at around 5 p.m. in Bangkok that day, nearly a day after they had been uploaded.


The videos, which drew nearly half a million views before they were taken down, sparked outrage among netizens and prompted questions about how Facebook's reporting system works and how violent content can be flagged faster.


The case is the latest in a string of violent crimes that have plagued Facebook despite making up a small percentage of videos. On Tuesday a Swedish court jailed three men for the rape of a woman that was broadcast live on Facebook.


Last week, Facebook said it was reviewing how it monitored violent footage and other objectionable materials after a posting of the fatal shooting of a man in Cleveland, Ohio was visible for two hours before being taken down.


REUTERS


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