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The investigation into the assassination of Japan's former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe revealed on Sunday that the man behind the killing checked YouTube when making the firearm used in the attack, local media reported citing sources.According to the Japan Times, the investigative sources said that Tetsuya Yamagami, the gunman has stated that he tested a homemade gun at a facility connected to a religious group he harboured a grudge against. Yamagami said his mother made a "huge donation" to the organization, which he…

Twitter, Facebook parent Meta, and other social media companies scrambled to police videos of the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe that broke rules on harmful content. Multiple videos of the attack by a gunman who fired a homemade, double-barreled weapon twice at Abe circulated on social media. Some only show the moments before and after the attack while others showed both shots. Abe, who stepped down in 2020, was shot moments into a speech, airlifted to hospital, and later pronounced dead.…

Photo: Kent Nishimura (Getty Images)Social media sites and video platforms are grappling with whether or not to pull videos depicting the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.Facebook and Twitter both stepped in Friday hours after Abe’s death and announced they would remove videos showing the assassination, which they claim violate the company’s rules. The takedowns highlight an inherent content moderation tension at social media companies: While assassination videos are graphic by nature, some…

Apple CEO Tim Cook has honored the late Shinzo Abe after the former Japanese Prime minister was assassinated on Friday. In a tweet Friday morning Cook stated: I am shocked by the loss of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe. He was such an important leader and I was honored to have spent time with him. Our hearts are with his loved ones—and all of our friends in Japan. I am shocked by the loss of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe. He was such an important leader and I was honored to have spent time with him.…

Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzō Abe is in critical condition after he was shot during a campaign speech Friday morning in the city of Nara. Japan’s public broadcaster NHK reported that Abe, 67, was shot during a campaign event at 11:30 a.m. local time. He appeared to be bleeding from the chest after being shot from behind with a shotgun mid-speech. Quoting police sources, NHK reported that Abe was likely hit from behind by shotgun fire. NHK reports Abe was flown to Nara Medical University Hospital in…