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FACEBOOK CEO MARK Zuckerberg has said the social media giant must address the surge in the number of grisly videos emerging on the platform.
In recent days, Steve Stephens, 37 and thought to have been mentally unstable, had been on the run since 74-year-old Robert Godwin Sr was shot dead on Easter Sunday, seemingly at random in broad daylight in Cleveland, Ohio. The video was recorded and then posted on Facebook.
The murder and a video sparked outrage across the world and renewed scrutiny of the growing number of murder videos being posted on social media.
Stephens shot himself after a brief police chase after a McDonald’s worker recognised him while he was buying chicken nuggets.
Worrisome trend
Facebook removed the footage hours after the attack. Zuckerberg acknowledged that the world’s largest social network had a role to play in stemming the worrisome trend.
“There is a lot of work to do here,” he told a Facebook developers’ conference. “And we will keep doing all we can to prevent tragedies like this from happening.”
Police got the decisive tip-off after Stephens had been on the run for nearly 48 hours, when a McDonald’s employee recognized him at a drive-thru in Pennsylvania shortly after 11:00 am (1500 GMT) and called authorities.
“There was a short pursuit in which the vehicle was stopped. As the officers approached that vehicle, Steve Stephens took his own life,” Cleveland police chief Calvin Williams said.
Pennsylvania police said he shot himself with a handgun about a mile from the McDonald’s following a low-speed pursuit — at under 50 miles (80 kilometers) per hour.
Tom Ducharme, owner of the restaurant near Erie, told CNN that Stephens drove up, placed an order and paid an employee, who recognized him and called police.
Stephens worked for a behavioral health agency serving children through mental health services, foster care and adoption, at-risk youth and other programs.
But according to a timeline of events pieced together by police and Facebook, Stephens posted a video on Sunday afternoon saying he intended to kill, and followed up two minutes later with video of Godwin’s shooting.
In a third video 11 minutes later, streamed live from Stephens’ car, he said he intended to kill others.
Facebook took down Stephens’ videos and disabled his account two hours after he first started uploading. It acknowledged the delay had been too long and said it was reviewing its protocols.
With reporting by - © AFP, 2017
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Pat Short a truly gifted actor and comedian
He’s obnoxious with his constant forced-laugh at his own “jokes”.
Tell ya what’s obnoxious, amadáns with fake-profiles spouting off like yourself.
Not fake. Like many other people commenting here I have had an account here banned so I am here on a new one.
Try not to mention travellers, Dinny O’Brien or Hat Pickey here or you may have to do the same.
He was fantastic in garage.
Eddie he didn’t write the script, a good actor non the less but truly gifted would be pushing it.
ahh Pat Snort or sorry I meant Short :/ though it feels like he’s on something I reckon.
If you’re not prepared to stand over what you say with your own identity, then you can not be taken seriously. You are a troll on this site Dickson. Nothing more, nothing less.
From the previews I’ve seen looks pretty good..hopefully it’s a sign of the times and some real national competition for our beloved “RTE “
The irony is that those who have emigrated are precluded from watching it.
Would they able to use the RTE player abroad?
TV3, there will be plenty of repeats of it as with every show they have.
Don’t think our emigrants will be too bothered anyway.
*not that the RTE player shows TV3 programming, my bad!
Of course emigrants will be bothered David. Why wouldn’t they?
Pants, believe me, when you are away you do not pine for Irish television. There is so much more to see and do in your new host country. Of this I know 100% for sure.
100% for sure? I’ve been living in London for almost 11 years and I’m looking forward to watching this. I saw Pat perform in the West End a couple of years ago and he was great! Granted there’s a lot of sh|te on Irish TV, but this does sound good. Each to their own I suppose …
I’ve lived abroad and loved seeing stuff on tv from back home
Yes we can use rte player I’m in Boston
Shortt fellow Tipp man com’on the premier on sunday
Pat Short is a good and sometimes great actor and comedian who tends to laugh at his own punchlines, but we all have our faults. That’s right!!!
Even did people from Listowel start saying mom ?
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