19/04/17 - Gunman's video prompts Facebook rethink

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-39625679

The article focuses on the recent case of Steven Stephens. Stephens was a 37 year old black male that posted different videos and Live streams of him going on a killing spree. The first video which showed Stephen's intent to murder was uploaded but not reported to Facebook. The second video was of Stephens shooting whilst the third was a Live stream of him confessing to his crimes. The live stream lasted 5 minutes and was flagged for Facebook staff but the other videos were not. This has led to Facebook to launch a review of how it deals with the content on its website.

• Facebook has launched a review of how it deals with violent content on its network.
• The announcement came after a video showing a killing was posted to Facebook on Sunday and remained there for more than two hours.
• “We know we need to do better,” a company executive said.
• Facebook has faced considerable criticism due to the length of time the violent video spent published on the network.
• "As a result of this terrible series of events, we are reviewing our reporting flows to be sure people can report videos and other material that violates our standards as easily and quickly as possible,” wrote Justin Osofsky, Facebook’s vice-president of global operations.

Personally, I think Facebook is under a lot of heavy fire recently. This is entirely due to the fact that the way they deal with certain aspects of the social media site is completely mismanaged or outdated. Therefore, I believe that although it is a huge company, Facebook will die out sooner or later. This is entirely due to the fact that the social media site has not been keeping up to date with the rapid changes of the world wide web.