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Mereana Hond

New Zealand mosque attacks: Social media comes under attack

New Zealand mosque attacks: Social media comes under attack

Since Friday's attacks at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, social media platforms have been criticised for failing to stop the suspect's shooting video, and hate-filled manifesto, from going viral.

Why was it so difficult for the social media giants, with all their resources and latest technology, to contain the spread of videos of New Zealand mosque attacks?

Al Jazeera's Mereana Hond reports.

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