TOPSHOT - Members of the local Muslim community enter the Al Noor mosque after is was reopened in Christchurch on March 23, 2019. - Muslims returned on March 23 to Christchurch's main mosque for the first time since a white supremacist launched a massacre of 50 worshippers there, as New Zealand sought to return to normal following the searing tragedy. (Photo by WILLIAM WEST / AFP)
PARIS: The French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM) said March 25 it was suing Internet giants Facebook and YouTube for allowing the public broadcast of a live video by the man who carried out the New Zealand mosque massacre this month.
The council said it was suing the French branches of the two tech giants for “broadcasting a message with violent content abetting terrorism, or of a nature likely to seriously violate human dignity and liable to be seen by a minor”, according to the complaint, a copy of which was seen by AFP.
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