Video of the Christchurch mosque shootings has resurfaced on Twitter - but the social media giant initially refused to remove the terror clip, claiming the reported account that posted it “hasn’t broken our safety policies”.įollowing Herald inquiries and an intervention by the Department of Internal Affairs, Twitter has now pulled the content, which had been viewed by more than 1000 accounts.ĭespite the video of Brenton Tarrant’s attack being illegal in New Zealand, a June 18 post with the video appeared in a Kiwi user’s “For You” feed.
Armed police guard the Masjid Al Noor Mosque in Christchurch in 2019.
