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A Thai man live streamed the murder of his own daughter as well as his suicide:
A Thai man filmed himself killing his baby daughter on Facebook Live, before taking his own life, Thai police say. The 21-year-old hanged his daughter, and then himself, at a deserted hotel in Phuket on Monday, reportedly after an argument with his wife. Facebook sent condolences to the family for the "appalling" incident and said that the content had now been removed. The company pledged a review of its processes after footage of a US killing stayed online for hours this month. The footage of the Thai killing had also been available on video sharing website YouTube, but the company took it down after the BBC alerted it to its presence.
Another story discusses the aftermath of the killing. This follows an incident where a man streamed his murder of a randomly picked stranger in Cleveland. That murder had already led to a "backlash" against Facebook:
It is an issue that Facebook, the world's largest social network, has had to contend with more frequently as it has bet big on new forms of media like live video, which give it a venue for more lucrative advertising. The criticism of Facebook over Mr. Stephens's video built swiftly Monday, with critics calling it a dark time for the company and outrage spreading on social media over how long it had taken — more than two hours — for the video to be pulled down. Ryan A. Godwin, the victim's grandson, pleaded with other users on social media to stop sharing the video online.
[...] Justin Osofsky, a vice president of Facebook, said in a public post late Monday that the company knows "we need to do better" to stop videos like that of the shooting from appearing. He said the company was working to ensure that such content and reports of it can be flagged faster, including through the use of artificial intelligence and a better review process.
NSFW: You can watch the Cleveland murder on LiveLeak. This video purportedly shows the murder in Phuket, Thailand, but you won't see much.
Some other incidents and related news:
Facebook Launches Live Video and Photo+Video Collages
Muslim Terrorist Kills French Cop, Wife While Livestreaming on Facebook
Falcon Heights, Minnesota Police Shooting Facebook Live Video [WARNING: GRAPHIC] [UPDATED]
Police Request Shut Off of Armed Woman's Social Media Accounts During Fatal Standoff
Hate Crime Charges Filed Over Beating Live Streamed to Facebook
Facebook Turns to AI to Prevent Suicides (eventually, your intention to murder and commit suicide will be countered by a compassionate chatbot)
(Score: 3, Informative) by butthurt on Thursday April 27 2017, @10:59PM (3 children)
The CEO of Facebook is aware of the murder issue, and he responded amazingly quickly. He devoted a moment to it, just one hour after the first murder, during his address to F8, an important conference for the company's developers. This is what he said:
"We have a lot more to do here, and we're reminded of that this week by the tragedy in Cleveland. Our hearts go out to the family and friends of Robert Godwin Sr. And we have a lot of work, and we will keep doing all we can to prevent tragedies like this from happening."
http://www.wbur.org/radioboston/2017/04/20/crime-facebook-live [wbur.org]
http://money.cnn.com/2017/04/18/technology/zuckerberg-facebook-murder/ [cnn.com]
http://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/zuckerberg-makes-first-public-comments-cleveland-murder-case-n747866 [nbcnews.com]
Kudos to him and his company for getting the word out so fast!
(Score: 3, Insightful) by ticho on Thursday April 27 2017, @11:17PM (2 children)
Except that by "tragedy" he meant the fact that Facebook got a PR problem out of that.
Also, I'm not sure how does he plan to prevent future murders. Or are only murders which are livestreamed worth preventing?
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Dunbal on Thursday April 27 2017, @11:38PM (1 child)
There's only one way to prevent all future crime and that is to lock everyone up alone in a cell. Guaranteed no crime. Now, is this the world you want to live in? Crime happens. Hopefully it won't happen to you or those you love. Welcome to the real world. Deal with it and get over it. Or take one more tiny step towards the scenario I described in my opening sentence.
(Score: 0, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 28 2017, @06:38AM
Or, reading the story is sufficient and you can let the very curious find the video on their own. Its called "good taste" and you should have learned it from your mother or father. There are plenty of things in this world that should be hard to find / figure out, specifically because there are people who don't know better, usually young people. I would be horrified to find my offspring reading a nerdy news site and have a direct link to a snuff film. Post what you want, but don't complain when people condemn such actions. Being outraged about the outrage of someone else is quite a feat of hypocrisy.