Editorial:  Christchurch violent videos reflect Facebook, YouTube failures

Editorial: Christchurch violent videos reflect Facebook, YouTube failures

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https://www.siliconvalley.com/2019/03/19/editorial-should-tech-do-more-to-stop-violent-viral-videos/

The viral videos showing the New Zealand mosque shootings demonstrate the ever-present risk of what happens when technology spins out of control

Slowing innovation isn’t the answer, unless we want a return to The Dark Ages. But a day of reckoning awaits the tech industry if it continues to put profits ahead of the public’s safety, privacy and well-being.

Editorial: Christchurch violent videos reflect Facebook, YouTube failures

Mar 19, 2019, 1:29pm UTC
https://www.siliconvalley.com/2019/03/19/editorial-should-tech-do-more-to-stop-violent-viral-videos/ > The viral videos showing the New Zealand mosque shootings demonstrate the ever-present risk of what happens when technology spins out of control > Slowing innovation isn’t the answer, unless we want a return to The Dark Ages. But a day of reckoning awaits the tech industry if it continues to put profits ahead of the public’s safety, privacy and well-being.