Your actions in distributing the day after the attack, when families were still waiting to hear whether family members had been killed, demonstrates particular cruelty on your part and callousness on your part.”Īlthough twelve other people in New Zealand have been charged with distributing the video, it seems that Arps was the only one who has received an official sentence so far. It is clear from all the material before me that you have strong and unrepentant views towards the Muslim community. “Your offending glorifies and encourages the mass murder carried out under the pretext of religious and racial hatred. Judge Stephen O’Driscoll said, according to RNZ: In addition, RNZ reported that Arps asked one person to add crosshairs and a body count to the video to “make it more fun.” The judged noted that Arps has compared himself to Adolf Hitler’s deputy, Rudolf Hess. He told the judge overseeing his case that the video - where bodies of dead children are visible - was “awesome.” Arps sent it to about 30 people, but that’s not where he ended. Philip Arps pled guilty to two counts of distributing objectionable material, New Zealand outlet RNZ reported.
Then on Tuesday, a Neo-Nazi was sentenced to 21 months in prison for sharing a video of the Christchurch massacre, Gizmodo reported. Less than two weeks after the shooting, New Zealand officially banned people from sharing the Christchurch shooter’s manifesto or video.Ĭonsequences for owning or sharing the video weren’t initially made clear.
Tech companies scrambled to remove the video after it appeared online, but they were unable to do so. The massacre itself was horrific, but what made it even worse was that the shooter live streamed the event on Facebook. All three media sites stated they would work with law enforcement regarding this incident.On March 15, shootings at two mosques during Friday prayers in New Zealand left 51 Muslims dead. Though the massacre has been done some social media giants have successfully scrubbed the horrific video from their platforms. The social media giants have come under increased global scrutiny in the past 24 months over their responsibilities in stopping hate speech and graphic content from being shared on their platforms. Our hearts go out to the victims, their families and the community affected by this horrendous act – Facebook Facebook activated a crisis response for the shooting at 1:37 pm, an hour after the attack. Incidentally, Facebook has been trumpeting the steps it has taken to clean up the content on its platform. The attacker’s social media accounts have since been removed from three sites, as well as Instagram, but not before the video was shared on social media by other users.
Please know we are working vigilantly to remove any violent footage.- YouTube March 15, 2019 Our hearts are broken over today’s terrible tragedy in New Zealand.
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