http://news.sky.com/story/arrests-after-gang-rape-livestreamed-on-facebook-10740640
- Police have arrested three men in Sweden suspected of a gang rape that was livestreamed on Facebook
- The closed Facebook group the alleged attack was streamed through has 60,000 members
- The attacker also "had apparently filmed everything and took pictures that he put on Snapchat"
- The video has been removed from Facebook but is understood to have been seen widely
- "Our teams work around the clock to review content that is being reported by users," adding that Facebook co-operates with police in criminal investigations
This story reveals the issues of censorship and regulation and how through the idea of social media the lack of gatekeepers and mediators causes criminal activities to be missed at the time of the event. New and digital media apps such as Facebook Live and now Instagram Live, pose many problems in terms of what is seen then and there which therefore makes it even more difficult for mediators to mediate what should or should not be censored.
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