Livestreamed crime

Not to be confused with List of filmed mass shootings.

Livestreamed crime is a phenomenon in which people publicly livestream criminal acts on social media platforms such as Twitch or Facebook Live.

Due to the fact that livestreams are accessible instantaneously, it is difficult to quickly detect and moderate violent content, and almost impossible to protect the privacy of victims or bystanders.[1][2][3][4] Livestreaming crime allows anyone from the public to become a distant witness.[5]

"Trash streaming" is where streamers get paid to commit and broadcast their crimes and exists as a subculture to this activity.[6]

  1. ^ Lehigh University (3 August 2016). "Live-streaming crime How will Facebook Live and Periscope challenge US privacy law?". ScienceDaily. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  2. ^ Stewart, D. R. C.; Littau, J. (2016). "Up, Periscope: Mobile Streaming Video Technologies, Privacy in Public, and the Right to Record". Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly. 93 (2): 312. doi:10.1177/1077699016637106. S2CID 147375255.
  3. ^ Phippen, J. Weston (6 January 2017). "The Desire to Live-Stream Violence". The Atlantic. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  4. ^ Surette, Raymond (2015). "Performance Crime and Justice". Current Issues in Criminal Justice. 21 (2). Australasian Legal Information Institute: 195. doi:10.1080/10345329.2015.12036041. S2CID 148367691. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  5. ^ Gregory, Sam (6 June 2021). "Live-streaming for frontline and distant witnessing: A case study exploring mediated human rights experience, immersive witnessing, action, and solidarity in the Mobil-Eyes Us project". NECSUS European Journal of Media Studies.
  6. ^ Malavika Pradeep (7 June 2021). "'Trash streaming' is a disturbing YouTube subculture where streamers get paid to broadcast abuse". Screenshot. Retrieved 5 September 2024.