Facebook says the footage was successfully reuploaded to its platform 300,000 times in the first 24 hours after the attack.
This means the violent footage was successfully reuploaded to the platform at least 300,000 times.
The technology to automate the detection of particular files can struggle to identify when video and image files have been modified in even a minor fashion. Jacob Davey, a researcher with the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, told Sky News that the copy of the video shared on 8chan was significant to its spread across the web.
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