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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: 2, Interesting) by Ethanol-fueled on Friday April 28 2017, @01:45AM (3 children)
You cannot escape the brutality that is life. You can be a good person and avoid bad situations, but there is a risk of being exposed to brutality and vivisection everytime you walk outside your door.
When I was of single-digit age (here we go, another one of these), my grandma had just taken my younger sister and I out for ice cream at the nearby Thrifty and were Westbound on Carmel Mountain Boulevard approaching Rancho Penasquitos Boulevard when we were forced to drive by the scene of an accident in which a kid on a bike was hit and subsequently dragged under a van, lethally, and as it turns out we were there just in time to see the bloodied road and the covered body. This was in a nice part of town, and worse than being deliberate, it was an accident. The driver of that van has a kid's blood on his hands for the rest of his life, whether he wanted to or not.
It was horrific to witness and was a punch to the gut on so many levels, but that double-scoop of butter pecan and rocky road was too good not to eat, and anyway, we didn't want granny to whoop our asses from letting that ice cream melt inside the car.
Later in high school my buddies and I had the misfortune of seeing the bum-and-friend who bought us beer every weekend found dead in his makeshift shanty located at 32.777942, -115.551612.
We couldn't believe he was dead, even after we poked his motionless body with sticks, so we made a pact to return the next morning and call the cops if he was still immobile. He was, and had overdosed, and the cops called the coroner to take him away. They told us that he was a known drug-addict and likely OD'd.
His name was Leonard Hardy.
Guess he wasn't so "hardy" after all LOLZ!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 28 2017, @06:49AM (1 child)
What is wrong with you?
(Score: 2) by GreatAuntAnesthesia on Friday April 28 2017, @10:05AM
If I had to guess I'd say he slipped into unconsciousness after getting drunk and eating the bleach under the sink with "Stand By Me" [imdb.com] playing in the background, and now he has a Richard Drefuss' voice nostalgically narrating the confused mixture of reality, memory, movie, fantasy and substance-induced nightmares in his head and he just can't switch it off.
(Score: 1) by butthurt on Saturday April 29 2017, @07:41AM
> Guess he wasn't so "hardy" after all LOLZ!
I wonder whether exposing oneself to brutality might have some effect on one's thought processes.