Current Events > NY Gov accuses Twitch of being an accomplice to Buffalo supermarket massacre

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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10817285/Gov-Hochul-says-Twitch-ACCOMPLICE-Buffalo-supermarket-shooters-racist-murder-spree.html

New York Governor Kathy Hochul called streaming site Twitch an 'accomplice' in the racially motivated murder of 10 people at a supermarket in Buffalo on May 14. Payton Gendron, 18, livestreamed his massacre on the social media platform, which is primarily used by video gamers. But Hochul said that Twitch had enabled killers like Gendron to glorify their crimes to huge audiences, and possibly encourage others to copy them. A source told DailyMail.com Saturday that the clip had been removed in under two minutes from when it was first uploaded. But that cut little ice with Hochul, who said it should have been wiped within seconds. The governor told the media in the aftermath of the shooting: 'The social media platforms that profit from their existence need to be responsible for monitoring. They can in a sense become an accomplice if not legally, but morally.' She continued: 'These outlets must be more vigilant in monitoring social media content and certainly the fact that this act of barbarism, this execution of innocent human beings could be livestreamed on social media platforms and not taken down within a second says to me that there is a responsibility out there. 'And were going to continue to work on this and make sure that those who provide those platforms have a moral and ethical and I hope to have a legal responsibility to ensure that such hate cannot populate these sites.

'Because this is the result when you have individuals who use these platforms and talk to others who share these demented views and support each other and talk about the techniques that theyll engage in and post these ideas and share them with others in the hope that they can all someday rise up in their demented view of the world.'
A Twitch spokesperson told DailyMail.com that they are 'devastated' following the that was livestreamed on their platform. According to the gaming giant, the livestream of Gendron's racist rampage was removed from their platform in less than two minutes using a combination of human review and proactive detection. The governor said that she believes 'social media platforms' should be able to remove violent livestreams 'in a second.' In those comments, Hochul did not mention Twitch by name. The governor said: 'The fact that this act of barbarism, this execution of innocent human beings could be livestreamed on social media platforms and not taken down within a second says to me that there is a responsibility.'

What a monumentally bad take

Why do politicians always do this?

That's the dumbest shit I've ever heard.

Expect nothing less from that governor

Reeeeeeeee

Idk about twitch specifically but I kinda get where they're coming from. The guy mentioned 4chan specifically in his manifesto. There are definitely problematic online communities that radicalized people into doing fucked up shit. And social media I don't think is good for most people's self esteem

Time to take the internet away

NeonOctopus posted...

Why do politicians always do this?

Because they are morally bankrupt, have alterior motives and need to make a scapegoat out of things they don't agree with to weaponize their followers against.

ECW_Originals12 posted...

Time to take the internet away

Society would collapse if they attempted that.

I wonder if this is stupider or less stupid than what Cuomo would have said

GranolaPanic posted...

Twitch was only the tool he used. They arent responsible. Go after those vile Chan places.

Chans are old news and toothless. Federated servers are the new, exceedingly-annoying-to-deal-with hotness.

Yep, already shifting blame.

Typical

Remember when republicans blamed violent video games?

this take isnt too far off.

Number090684 posted...

Society would collapse if they attempted that.

Society existed without internet just fine. I'm not saying this to say we should do such a thing, but people would quickly adjust.

Politicians always have to find some way to blame gun violence on something related to video games.

WaterLink posted...

Society existed without internet just fine. I'm not saying this to say we should do such a thing, but people would quickly adjust.

Say that about cars and see how much that makes sense. The society that existed before the internet was not reliant on the internet, and did not heavily invest in internet infrastructure. We could adjust and survive, of course we could, but not quickly or painlessly.

Guide posted...

Say that about cars and see how much that makes sense. The society that existed before the internet was not reliant on the internet, and did not heavily invest in internet infrastructure. We could adjust and survive, of course we could, but not quickly or painlessly.

I think we could. I was responding to the claim society would "collapse". In urban areas kts not uncommon to not have cars anyway

"January 1, 1983 is considered the official birthday of the Internet."

Cold war: March 12, 1947 December 26, 1991

It would seem the widespread availability of information has some effect on global conflicts

Guide posted...

Chans are old news and toothless. Federated servers are the new, exceedingly-annoying-to-deal-with hotness.

he literally a writes in his manifesto that he was radicalized by 4chan/pol during covid lockdowns

WaterLink posted...

And social media I don't think is good for most people's self esteem

Stop projecting. Normal people are fine with social media.

The guy's political views are the real story

his symbols in his jacket, the wild ideas

GranolaPanic posted...

Twitch was only the tool he used. They arent responsible. Go after those vile Chan places.

100% this. they encourage the violence.

GranolaPanic posted...

Twitch was only the tool he used. They arent responsible. Go after those vile Chan places.

Go after Fox News. Specifically Tucker Carlson

WilliamPorygon posted...

I wonder if this is stupider or less stupid than what Cuomo would have said

It's probably about 15x more stupid than what Cuomo would have said. Maybe 20x.

Zikten posted...

Tucker Carlson

fucker carlson definitely contributed to it many many times :(.

omega cookie posted...

Stop projecting. Normal people are fine with social media.

Literal internal research and reports from places like Facebook and Instagram actually say otherwise. Especially for young peoples.

Also, taken down in two minutes is actually really good. This just feels like blaming video games again. It's pretty unrealistic to ask for anything anywhere on social media to get taken down in less than a minute.

Lebronwon posted...

which is primarily used by video gamers.

Since when? I thought it was a softcore porn site.

Dakimakura posted...

Since when? I thought it was a softcore porn site.

Twitch? Nope, it's mainly used to stream video games.

Twitch needs to go. How many shooters/murderers will live stream their killings on that site before they are held accountable? This is not the first time and it will not be the last either.
Never before in history has it been so easy for someone to broadcast literally KILLING PEOPLE to the world. Twitch has brought nothing positive into the world, it's time to go.

zammox posted...

Twitch needs to go. How many shooters/murderers will live stream their killings on that site before they are held accountable? This is not the first time and it will not be the last either.
Never before in history has it been so easy for someone to broadcast literally KILLING PEOPLE to the world. Twitch has brought nothing positive into the world, it's time to go.

Shut the fuck up

Please don't reply to Trump supporters. Thank you

zammox posted...

Twitch has brought nothing positive into the world

Neither have you, and we're all stuck with you anyways.

Imagine using the murder of 10 people for your own political benefit by nonsensically blaming an online tool that a large section of your voterbase doesn't understand.

omega cookie posted...

Neither have you, and we're all stuck with you anyways.

not my choice, I never asked to be born. let's focus on the evils of the world we can fix - start by holding Twitch accountable for broadcasting murder (again!)

If this got twitch shut down that would be hilarious.

More like Fox News and the Republican party.

zammox posted...

not my choice, I never asked to be born. let's focus on the evils of the world we can fix - start by holding Twitch accountable for broadcasting murder (again!)

No offense, but it's significantly easier to fix the evil that is you over a streaming giant.

kingdrake2 posted...

fucker carlson definitely contributed to it many many times :(.

Tucker Carlson was involved in this shooting?

Lorenzo_2003 posted...

Tucker Carlson was involved in this shooting?

Yes

This is dumb.

Go after the party and news outlets spreading the white supremacist hatred and conspiracies that this shooter directly cited.

Lorenzo_2003 posted...

Tucker Carlson was involved in this shooting?

He talks about White Replacement Theory on his show. This kid was motivated by White Replacement Theory. He may or may not have watched the show but that show still keeps people agitated around the country

Lorenzo_2003 posted...

Tucker Carlson was involved in this shooting?

Not directly, but

https://youtu.be/8SMLQzvFiNw

guydude21 posted...

It would seem the widespread availability of information has some effect on global conflicts

they didn't have the internet in the soviet union though, but sure, pull shit out of your ass.

Kimbos_Egg posted...

they didn't have the internet in the soviet union though, but sure, pull shit out of your ass.

I ain't saying he's right, but your counter doesn't make sense.

Guide posted...

I ain't saying he's right, but your counter doesn't make sense.

it doesn't make sense when hes implying that the internet led to the downfall of the soviet union when they didn't even have it?

Wait....does the internet need more monitoring or less? Can these Repubs just make their damn mind?