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YouTube, Meta, Twitch silent on live streaming US execution

Original: YouTube, Meta, and Twitch won’t say if they’ll allow the US government to live stream an execution

YouTube, Meta, and Twitch are refusing to say whether they would allow the US government to livestream the execution of Nidal Hasan, the former Army major sentenced to death for the 2009 Fort Hood shooting. None of the platforms has explained its policy, leaving open whether a state-conducted execution could be broadcast on their services.

Why now: The prospect of a government-executed livestream of a death row killing raises unprecedented moderation and ethical questions the platforms have not addressed.

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• YouTube, Meta, and Twitch won’t say if they’ll allow the US government to live stream an execution · The Verge

  YouTube, Twitch, and Meta aren’t saying whether they’ll allow the US government to livestream the execution of Nidal Hasan on their platforms.

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