Chicago gang violence broadcast on Facebook and no one called the police

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A 15-year-old American woman raped 5 or 6 men by streaming it on Facebook Live. About 40 people watched the broadcast in real time, but none of them reported to the police, writes the Los Angeles Times.

The girl from Chicago disappeared on Sunday, and the next day, Eddie Johnson, the girl’s mother, saw shocking footage. Taking pictures from the video, she went to the police.

Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi immediately ordered officers to investigate the incident. In addition, the police turned to Facebook with the requirement to remove the video.

On Tuesday, 21 in March, Guglielmi tweeted that detectives had found the girl and brought her back to the family.

He said Johnson was "visibly upset" by the fact that "40 people were watching online and no one thought to call the police."

This is the second time in the last 3 of the month, when the police are investigating the attack, which was broadcast live on Facebook. In January, 4 man were arrestedafter being mentally retarded teenagers humiliated and beaten.

Crimes in straightm air

Facebook began to offer live streaming by the end of 2015.

This feature is now often used by news organizations to report live from the scene. Facebook Live is used by friends and acquaintances to communicate with each other - simply because they can, as well as by those who want to share what they see with a wide audience in real time, writes Air force.

But with the help of the same function, records of crimes and acts of violence appeared on the Internet.

In June, 2016, Antonio Perkins from Chicago was shot during a live Facebook feed.

Facebook Live also broadcast footage taken right after a policeman shot a man in St. Paul, Minnesota in July 2016.

After that, the company announced that it would consider live broadcasts in the same way as any other content.

According to representatives of Facebook, the content will not be deleted only because it contains scenes of violence, but only in those cases if the program is used for bullying the victim or for propaganda of violence.

Facebook claims that questionable content should be reported to a dedicated, round-the-clock team that can interrupt the live broadcast if it decides that its content contradicts the company's editorial rules.

However, users say that the broadcast of bullying of the most backward in Chicago lasted for half an hour, and that thousands of people saw her before the Facebook administration stopped the broadcast.

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