The Dark Side of Livestreaming: FBI Shooting Sparks Debate on Regulating Social Media Content.

Livestreamed violent content on social media platforms, such as the recent shooting of a Minneapolis man, pose a challenge for social media companies to regulate. While social media platforms want to be an immediate source of information, they also need to police offensive conduct. Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has added language to address videos of violent death, but it is up to the company to make judgments about what content stays up and what goes down as there is no government regulation of the internet in this context.