Sky News Australia and Sky News New Zealand have been contacted for comment. These complaints were not upheld by the authority. Christchurch Shooting LivestreamHours after a gunman livestreamed himself during a shooting spree on Facebook, the social media platform, as well as Twitter. Two complaints were also lodged against state funded broadcaster TVNZ who aired short clips from the live stream video, as well as footage of identifiable victims being taken to hospital with visible injuries. “However, given the unprecedented nature of these events in New Zealand, we want to work with broadcasters to assess whether the standards are still fit-for-purpose.” “The decisions provide guidance to broadcasters on how broadcasting standards apply when reporting on crisis and terrorist events”, the BSA chief executive, Belinda Moffat, said. The authority ruled that Sky NZ exercised only “limited editorial control over the programme,” featuring long excerpts of the disturbing video, and the “detailed depictions of violence shown in the clips” was not proportionate “to the high level of harm that could be caused to viewers”. A Facebook vice president said fewer than 200 people saw the Christchurch massacre while it was being streamed live on the site. The authority chair judge, Bill Hastings, said the New Zealand television broadcasters faced “unprecedented circumstances” in the hours following the attack, and they played a critical role in keeping New Zealanders informed, but they also had to consider their role in protecting the community from undue harm and trauma and they needed to “exercise a high level of care and discretion” at all times.

The BSA is only able to issue fines within the jurisdiction of New Zealand. The feed on Sky News New Zealand was then switched to sports coverage. It was a partial recording of a livestream by a gunman while he murdered 51 people that day at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand.

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