The writer appeared deeply familiar with the far-right internet, which he said influenced his thinking. He decorated those guns with neo-Nazi symbols and names of past killers and crusaders. At one point, the author mentioned carrying out the attack with guns to gain American attention and to sow political discord. Some of those cultural references appeared to be ironic, or a ploy for attention.
The alleged shooter referenced an ideological jumble of right-wing personalities in the manifesto. In the 8chan post, Muslims are described as “invaders.” The manifesto is filled with anger toward Muslims and claims that Muslim immigration would lead to “white genocide.” As gruesome clips of the shooting circulated on social media, Facebook, Reddit, and Twitter deleted links to the video-and the poster’s Twitter profile was deactivated.īased on the postings, the shooting appears to have been motivated by anger over Muslim immigration. At one point, he left the building and returned to the car for a new gun, before going back to the mosque and resuming the massacre.Ĩchan users cheered the attack online, with one replying to the original post with a picture of a man saluting. He used the Facebook account to stream a 17-minute video of him opening fire inside a Christchurch mosque. White-supremacist terrorists sometimes release racist manifestos in concert with violent attacks to amplify their beliefs. The user did not respond to a Reuters request for comment.The 8chan poster appeared to have created several social-media accounts in recent weeks to promote himself and the manifesto, some of which appear to be sarcastic. In another case, the video was shared by a verified Instagram user in Indonesia with more than 1.6 million followers. In a 15-minute window, Reuters found five copies of the footage on YouTube uploaded under the search term “New Zealand” and tagged with categories including “education” and “people & blogs”. Facebook did not immediately respond to additional questions. Twitter and Google said they were working to stop the footage being reshared. Facebook said it had deleted the gunman’s accounts “shortly after the livestream commenced” after being alerted by police.īut Reuters found videos of the shooting on all five platforms up to 10 hours after the attacks, which began at 1345 local time in the city of Christchurch. The live footage of Friday’s attacks, New Zealand’s worst-ever mass shooting, was first posted to Facebook and has since been shared on Twitter, Alphabet Inc’s YouTube and Facebook-owned Whatsapp and Instagram.įacebook, Twitter and YouTube all said they had taken steps to remove copies of the videos. Bloodied bandages on the road following a shooting at the Al Noor mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand, March 15, 2019.
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