A beheading video was on YouTube for hours, raising questions about why it wasn’t taken down sooner

Justin Mohn, a suspect arrested in his father's murder and decapitation, speaks on a YouTube broadcast from his home in the Levittown neighbourhood of Middletown Township, Pennsylvania, US on Jan 30, 2024 in a still image from video. Police said Wednesday, Jan 31, 2024, that they charged Justin Mohn, 32, with first-degree murder and abusing a corpse after he beheaded his father, Michael, in their Bucks County, Pa., home and publicized it in a 14-minute YouTube video that anyone, anywhere could see. — YouTube via Reuters

NEW YORK: A graphic video from a Pennsylvania man accused of beheading his father that circulated for hours on YouTube has put a spotlight yet again on gaps in social media companies’ ability to prevent horrific postings from spreading across the Web.

Police said Wednesday that they charged Justin Mohn, 32, with first-degree murder and abusing a corpse after he beheaded his father, Michael, in their Bucks County home and publicised it in a 14-minute YouTube video that anyone, anywhere could see.