Reddit, one of America's most popular websites, on Friday banned forums named "gore" and "watchpeopledie," where the videos had been reposted for users to narrate and comment on in real time. On message boards such as Reddit, people posted links to the videos, which would then sometimes get deleted, only for others to post new links to alternative "mirror" sites, beginning the cycle anew. Please know we are working vigilantly to remove any violent footage." Twitter said that the company suspended the account of one of the suspects and is working to remove the video from its network, both of which violate its policies. YouTube tweeted Friday morning: "Our hearts are broken over today's terrible tragedy in New Zealand. This image taken from the alleged shooter’s video, which was filmed Friday, March 15, 2019, shows a gun in his vehicle in New Zealand.
A search of keywords related to the event, such as "New Zealand," surfaced a long list of videos, many of which were lengthy and uncensored views of the massacre. Many hours later - long after the man and other suspects had been arrested - some internet users still were uploading and re-uploading the video to YouTube and other online services. The horror began Friday morning in New Zealand, as the alleged shooter used Facebook to live-stream his assault on Al Noor Mosque, one of two Christchurch mosques that he attacked and the scene of most of the 49 fatalities.
Over the two days before the shooting he posted about 60 of the same links across different platforms, nearly half of which were to YouTube videos that were still active late Friday. He left behind a social media trail on Twitter and Facebook that amounted to footnotes to his manifesto. The alleged shooter, a heavily armed man authorities have not yet named, also released a 74-page manifesto denouncing Muslims and immigrants that spread widely online.
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