'Facebook video gunman Steve Stephens kills himself after chase'
http://news.sky.com/story/facebook-video-gunman-steve-stephens-kills-himself-after-chase-10842411
man who filmed himself killing a 74-year-old man before putting the video on Facebook
- posted the video of the killing to Facebook, where it remained for more than two hours before the social network removed it
- In the footage Stephens pulls over in a car on a street in Cleveland as he says "find me somebody to kill, gonna kill this guy right here. He's an old dude"
- The shooting raised questions about the way Facebook moderates graphic content, with the social network promising to review how it handles violent videos after the incident
This showcases issues of Facebook live and the difficulty of removing graphic content on user generated social media platforms.
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