EU warns online platforms over livestreaming US execution planned by Pentagon

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The European Union warned online platforms not to livestream the planned execution of former US Army psychiatrist Nidal Hasan, scheduled for December 3. EU rules require platforms to moderate shocking and violent material, including executions; Hasan was convicted of killing 13 people at a military base in 2009.

The European Union warned digital platforms on Monday against livestreaming the execution of Nidal Hasan, a former US Army psychiatrist who is scheduled to be executed by firing squad on December 3 for killing 13 people at a military base in 2009. Under EU rules, platforms have an obligation to moderate shocking and violent content, including capital punishment.