The French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM) has said it is suing Facebook and YouTube for allowing the public broadcast of a live video by the man who carried out the New Zealand mosque massacre this month.
The council said it was suing the French branches of the two companies for “broadcasting a message with violent content abetting terrorism, or of a nature likely to seriously violate human dignity and liable to be seen by a minor”, according to the complaint.
In France, such acts can be punished by three years’ imprisonment and €75,000 (£64,000) fine.
Facebook said it quickly removed the live video of the attack on two mosques by a white supremacist in Christchurch on 15 March in which 50 people were killed.
But recordings of the livestream were shared extensively on YouTube and Twitter, and internet platforms had to scramble to remove reposted videos.
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Source: French Muslim Group Suing Facebook over Christchurch Video | The Guardian