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EXPLAINER: Social media and the Texas shooter’s messages

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott revealed the online messages sent minutes before the Wednesday attack, although he called them posts. Facebook stepped in to note that the gunman sent one-to-one direct messages, not public posts. The latest mass shootings in the U.S. by active social-media users may bring more pressure on social media companies.

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Social media and the Texas shooter's messages

The latest mass shootings in the U.S. by active social-media users may bring more pressure on social media companies to heighten their scrutiny of online communications.

2 years ago·Canada

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EXPLAINER: Social media and the Texas shooter's messages

Could technology companies have monitored ominous messages made by a gunman who Texas authorities say massacred 19 children and two teachers at an elementary school? Could they have warned the

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EXPLAINER: Social media and the Texas shooter's messages

Could Facebook have known about ominous direct-message threats made by a gunman who Texas authorities say massacred 19 children and two teachers at an elementary school

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Explainer: Social media and the Texas shooter’s messages

The latest mass shootings in the US may bring more pressure on social media companies to heighten their scrutiny of online communications, even though conservative politicians are pushing social platforms to relax their restrictions on some speech. Read full story

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EXPLAINER: Social media and the Texas shooter's messages

By BARBARA ORTUTAY and MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology WritersCould Facebook have known about ominous direct-message threats made by a gunman who Texas authorities say massacred 19 children and two teachers at an elementary school? Could it have warned the authorities? Texas Gov. Greg Abbott revealed the online messages sent minutes before the Wednesday attack. Facebook then said the one-to-one private messages weren’t discovered until “after the ter…

2 years ago·Colorado Springs, United States

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