Facebook Releases Timeline on How Long It Took to Disable Cleveland Suspect’s Account
Facebook has posted a statement online this afternoon that includes a timeline of events showing how long it took for them to disable the Facebook account of the man who posted video of himself shooting and killing someone.
The manhunt for Steve Stephens is still underway.
The Cleveland Police Department said in their statement yesterday that that Stephens “did broadcast the killing on Facebook Live,” but Facebook followed up by saying that while he was on Facebook Live at one point, the homicide was not live-streamed, but uploaded instead.
Facebook released a ‘Community Standards and Reporting” statement today saying the video “has no place on Facebook, and goes against our policies and everything we stand for.”
They also released a timeline of events outlining how long it took for them to disable Stephens’ Facebook account:
11:09AM PDT — First video, of intent to murder, uploaded. Not reported to Facebook.
11:11AM PDT — Second video, of shooting, uploaded.
11:22AM PDT — Suspect confesses to murder while using Live, is live for 5 minutes.
11:27AM PDT — Live ends, and Live video is first reported shortly after.
12:59PM PDT — Video of shooting is first reported.
1:22PM PDT — Suspect’s account disabled; all videos no longer visible to public.
However, they acknowledge they “need to do better,” saying that they will be “reviewing our reporting flows to be sure people can report videos and other material that violates our standards as easily and quickly as possible.”
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