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Louisville attack shows challenge of curbing violent videos
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A Louisville Metro Police Department officer walks on Main Street outside the Old National Bank in Louisville, Ky., on Monday morning, April 10, 2023, after a shooting. Police say a 23-year-old armed with a rifle opened fire at his Louisville workplace, killing and wounding several, and was killed by police responding to the shooting. - photo by Matt Stone/Courier Journal via AP
NEW YORK (AP) — Social media companies are once again in the spotlight after a bank employee in Louisville, Kentucky, killed five people in a mass shooting and livestreamed the attack on Instagram. Tech companies have gotten better in recent years at cooperating to tamp down the spread of mass shooting videos on mainstream platforms. But there's still no easy way to stop shooters from broadcasting their grisly crimes without shutting down livestreaming services altogether.