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Man kills baby on Facebook Live then takes own life - Mhiz Rebecca - 04-25-2017
Facebook Live, before taking his own life, Thai police
say.
The 21-year-old hanged his daughter, and then himself,
at a deserted hotel in Phuket on Monday, reportedly
after an argument with his wife.
Facebook sent condolences to the family for the
“appalling” incident and said that the content had now
been removed.
The company pledged a review of its processes after
footage of a US killing stayed online for hours this
month.
The footage of the Thai killing had also been available
on video sharing website YouTube, but the company
took it down after the BBC alerted it to its presence.
Relatives of the Thai man, Wuttisan Wongtalay, saw
the distressing footage and alerted the police – but
the authorities arrived too late to save him and his
daughter.
In a statement, a Facebook spokesperson said: “This is
an appalling incident and our hearts go out to the
family of the victim. There is absolutely no place for
content of this kind on Facebook and it has now been
removed.”
Reuters said two videos were posted, at 16:50 (09:50
GMT) and 16:57 on Monday, and were taken down at
about 17:00 on Tuesday, roughly 24 hours later.
Facebook has yet to confirm the times to the BBC.
Thailand’s ministry of digital economy said it had
contacted Facebook on Tuesday afternoon about
removing the videos.
Ministry spokesman Somsak Khaosuwan told Reuters:
“We will not be able to press charges against
Facebook, because Facebook is the service provider
and they acted according to their protocol when we
sent our request. They co-operated very well.”
YouTube said it had taken down the video within 15
minutes of being told of its presence by the BBC.
Its statement read: “YouTube has clear policies that
outline what’s acceptable to post and we quickly
remove videos that break our rules when they’re
flagged.”
Shortly before the BBC alerted YouTube, the video was
showing 2,351 views.