At least 49 people have reportedly been killed in a mass shooting in Christchurch, New Zealand in two mosques while attending a Friday prayer.
The attack has been ladled as the worst terrorist attack in the country's new history, and thus far three people have been detained by the local police, with one of them being a prime suspect for the shootings.
The shooter was also live streaming to social media while he was committing the killings and his live feed was directly streamed to his Facebook account. The video was allegedly available on the same Facebook account for several hours after the act was ended, before the social media finally managed to take it down from the servers and ban his account.
Facebook Inc. was once against criticized for being unprepared to tackle down and prevent people from using its services to share violent content and even for politicizing controversial topics, which is in severe violation of the terms and conditions of the website.
Allegedly, the shooter was also out bursting his radical political inclinations while committing the terrorist act. This is not the first instance of Facebook's inability to react on time in removing such content, but it is yet another case that is putting pressure on the company executives, especially on Mark Zuckerberg himself, who had to appear before Court on several occasions last year.
As a result of this new portion of scrutiny over the company's security guidelines and policies, the share price is trading in the premarket with a 1.72% gap in anticipation of the American open. The latest events could spell even more hard times for the stock leading to a termination of the recent uptrend should the controversy over the company continue to add up as the situation in New Zealand develops.