Youtube under fire over a livestream of a murder in Vacaville, CA

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Raymond Weber's Livestream Of Alleged Homicide Aftermath Stayed Up On YouTube For Nearly 20 Hours

The livestream of the double homicide aftermath in Vacaville amassed tens of thousands of views in the roughly 20 hours before YouTube took it down. But now, and days later, people continue to watch.

sacramento.cbslocal.com

VACAVILLE (CBS13) — The livestream of the double homicide aftermath in Vacaville amassed tens of thousands of views in the roughly 20 hours before YouTube took it down. But now, and days later, people continue to watch.


There is a growing number of people re-posting portions of the video online or copying the title of the now-removed clip. Some are even profiting off the video by uploading copies of the livestream to paid subscription fan sites.

CNET’s Ian Sherr explains the longer it takes for a platform to remove a video, the farther it spreads.

“Once it’s on the Internet, it’s there forever. You can’t delete it,” Sherr said.

He points to the 2019 New Zealand mosque massacre. Facebook reported that had to block 1.5 million copies of the livestream in the first 24 hours.

Raymond Weber: What we know about man accused of killing woman, teen in Vacaville

The man accused of killing a woman and teenage girl before livestreaming himself on social media was in court Tuesday.

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Note this is getting attention mainly in Sacramento News outlets . But Youtube and its competitors like Twitch, Dailymotion, Vimeo Lbry.TV and Peertube have to deal with the same issue when does remain released or not released because I understand with Police brutality videos depending on the situation it stays there due to address issues of racism and mental health issues.

Also those videos stay to prevent a cover-up. with this one that is sensitive too given that the articles address human trafficking and the Solano County Sheriffs office and the Vacaville Police department have to flag the video to youtube over the handling of this particular video in Vacaville, CA

 

[Kevin]

It’s been over a year that I uninstalled my YouTube app. And I don’t miss it at all.