Author: Angela Moscaritolo / Source: Entrepreneur Facebook on Monday promised to improve its review process after a man in Cleveland shot
Facebook on Monday promised to improve its review process after a man in Cleveland shot and killed an elderly individual and posted a video of the murder on the social network, along with Live video confessing to the crime.
“We know we need to do better,” Facebook’s Vice President of Global Operations Justin Osofsky wrote in a blog post.
Police are still searching for the suspect — 37-year-old Steve Stephens — who has been charged with aggravated murder of 74-year-old Robert Godwin Sr.
AGGRAVATED MURDER WARRANT ISSUED FOR STEVE STEPHENS, BM 37 https://t.co/gvJpqaCOPb pic.twitter.com/v8Jkcmb4cy
— Cleveland Police (@CLEpolice) April 17, 2017
The suspect on Sunday morning posted a video of himself on Facebook announcing his intent to commit murder. Two minutes later, the man posted a second video of himself shooting and killing Godwin Sr. He then went Live on Facebook, confessing to the murder.
“It was a horrific crime — one that has no place on Facebook, and goes against our policies and everything we stand for,” Facebook’s Osofsky wrote. “As a result of this terrible series of events, we are reviewing our reporting flows to be sure people can report videos and other material that violates our standards as easily and quickly as possible.”
Osofsky said Facebook didn’t receive a report about the first video and only heard about the second video — the one containing the shooting — more…
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