He used the platforms to follow pro-gun accounts and write about feeling ‘defeated in life’
last night before turning the gun on himself in Britain’s worst mass shooting since 2010.
Both his YouTube and Facebook accounts were removed by about lunchtime on Friday, and a Reddit account believed to belong to Davison could not be accessed on Friday evening. Google-owned YouTube said the gunman’s account had been terminated under its offline behaviour policy.Sophie Martyn, 3, and her father Lee Martyn, 43, were among those killedRules on the platform prohibit inciting violence, including encouraging others to go to a particular place to commit violence or to perform violence at a particular time, the tech giant said.It is understood the Reddit account thought to belong to Davison was suspended on August 11 due to a violation of its policies.
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