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You can read more about Breivik and the so-called reborn Knights Templar here.ДЄ screenshot from the Brenton Tarrant videoДЄsked why he is resorting to violence, he explained, вЂњThere is no nation in the world that wasnвЂ™t founded by, or maintained by, the use of force. In the manifesto, Tarrant says he received the blessing from a group called the вЂњreborn Knights TemplarвЂќ (after the Christian soldiers during the Crusades) and indicates he was inspired by Norwegian mass murderer Anders Breivik, who also wrote a manifesto that talked about a reborn Knights Templar, although prosecutors thought Breivik made it up to inspire others. вЂњBrenton Tarrant is a f*cking heroвЂќ wrote another, as they watched it unfold live, sharing screenshots. вЂњBest of luck Brenton Tarrant,вЂќ wrote one. Various contributors to the extremely disturbing chat thread then cheered the writer on, with some posting Nazi symbols. I will carry out and attack against the invaders, and will even live stream the attack via facebook.вЂќ In addition, a person who appeared to be the same gunman also posted a link to the live video and manifesto in a chat thread called 8chan, which is described by The New York Times as вЂњan online forum known for extremist right-wing discussion.вЂќ The user wrote, вЂњWell lads, itвЂ™s time to stop sh*tposting and time to make a real life effort post. Valve has removed over 100 tributes to the shooter from the profiles of Steam users.Facebook Live screenshotsBrenton Tarrant video screenshots After Sky News Australia aired clips from the shooterвЂ™s video, Sky New Zealand took its sister broadcaster off the air.

Other broadcasters and platforms like Sky New Zealand and Valve have been removing content surrounding the tragedy as well. The shooter posted a link to the live stream, and soon after he was apprehended, reuploads were found on other platforms like YouTube and Twitter. YouTube said it had removed an вЂњ unprecedented volumeвЂќ of videos of the shooting.Д¬ompanies are facing new questions on content moderation following the New Zealand attack. Over the weekend, Facebook said that it had removed over 1.5 million videos of the attack.

Websites like Facebook and YouTube donвЂ™t appear to have been taken down by the ISPs, but reuploads of the shooterвЂ™s video are still circulating on those platforms. Meera Kaushik, external communications adviser for Vodaphone in New Zealand, told Bleeping Computer, вЂњWhere material is identified, the site is temporarily blocked and the site is notified, requesting they remove the material.вЂќ Like most web-level blocks, the restrictions are easy to circumvent through the use of a VPN or alternative DNS settings. The ISPs appear to be blocking access at the DNS level to sites that do not respond to the takedown requests, but itвЂ™s unclear how effective the blocks will be. Following the Christchurch shooting last week, internet service providers in New Zealand are blocking access to websites that do not respond or refuse to comply to requests to remove reuploads of the shooterвЂ™s original live stream.ДЄccording to Bleeping Computer, sites like 4chan, 8chan, LiveLeak, and the file-sharing site Mega have all been pulled by ISPs like Vodafone, Spark, and Vocus.

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