Facebook, Twitter remove Shinzo Abe assassination videos

In this image from a video, Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe making a campaign speech in Nara, western Japan shortly before he was shot on July 8, 2022. Social media companies scrambled on July 8 to police multiple videos of the attack by a gunman who fired a homemade, double-barrelled weapon twice at Abe. — Kyodo News via AP

LONDON: Twitter, Facebook parent Meta and other social media companies scrambled on July 8 to police videos on their platforms of the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe that break rules on harmful content.

Multiple videos of the attack by a gunman who fired a homemade, double-barrelled weapon twice at Abe circulated on social media. Some only show the moments before and after the attack while others showed both shots.