Family of man whose death was broadcast on Facebook sues social network

Family of Robert Godwin, who was fatally shot last year in Cleveland, says Facebook was negligent in failing to act on attacker’s threatsThe family of 74-year-old Robert Godwin, whose murder was broadcast on Facebook, has sued the social network for negligence and wrongful death.Godwin was shot at close range in Cleveland in April last year as he walked home from an Easter meal with his family. His attacker Steve Stephens filmed a first-person view of the shooting and uploaded it to his Facebook page, where it remained for more than two hours and was copied, reposted and viewed millions of times. Continue reading…

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jan/30/facebook-cleveland-robert-godwin-killed-video