New York Governor Kathy Hochul also took aim at Twitch in the wake of the Buffalo shooting by branding the streaming platform an “accomplice” to the shooting and arguing that Twitch should have removed the shooter’s live stream “within a second.” Axios claimed that “live streaming motivated the Buffalo shooter.” The Times wasn’t the only news outlet to focus on the role of live streaming in the wake of the Buffalo shooting. The New York Times also pointed to YouTube’s restrictions on live streaming which require users to verify their account and have at least 50 subscribers to live stream from a mobile device. “The fact that the response did not prevent the video of the attack from being spread widely on other sites also raises the issue of whether the ability to livestream should be so easily accessible.” However, the Times then argued that because internet users were able to copy and share videos of the attack on other platforms, the ability for anyone to live stream freely should be questioned: In a recent article, which questioned whether social media sites “have a responsibility to rein in hateful and violent content,” The New York Times acknowledged that experts agree that Twitch removing the shooter’s live stream within two minutes “was the best that could reasonably be expected.” One of the largest and most influential newspapers, The New York Times, has questioned whether access to live streaming should be restricted in the wake of Saturday’s mass shooting in Buffalo, New York, where a lone shooter killed 10 people and injured three more while broadcasting on Twitch. If you're tired of censorship, cancel culture, and the erosion of civil liberties subscribe to Reclaim The Net.

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