We and our partners do the following data processing based on your consent: store and/or access information on a device, personalised advertising and content, advertising and content measurement, audience research and services development EU warns online platforms over livestreaming US execution planned by Pentagon The European Union warned digital platforms on Monday against livestreaming the execution of Nidal Hasan,a former US Army psychiatrist who is scheduled to be executed by firing squad on December 3 for killing 13 people at a military base in 2009. Under EU rules, platforms have an obligation to moderate shocking and violent content, including capital punishment. This April 9, 2010 file photo released by the Bell County Sheriffs Department, shows US Major Nidal Hasan after being moved from Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio to Bell County Jail in Belton, Texas. © The European Union(EU) on Monday warned digital platforms against showing a planned livestream executionof the perpetrator of a mass killing in the United States.
US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth and the Pentagonput forward a plan to broadcast the death by firing squad of Nidal Hasan, a US Army psychiatrist, who shot dead 13 people in an al Qaeda-inspired attack at a military base in 2009. It is scheduled for December 3 but US President Donald Trump has left uncertain whether the execution would be publicly broadcast. US to livestream Army execution of Fort Hood shooter, Pentagon official says To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement.
One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Under EU rules, platforms must "enforce their own terms and conditions diligently", EU spokesman Thomas Regnier said.
"If you look at some platforms, Meta explicitly forbids the live streaming of capital punishments, and X and TikTok both forbid... shocking content, glorifying violence," Regnier told reporters. "No comment on what they do in the US but in Europe, we have clear obligations." He added that if they did not enforce their own terms and conditions, Europe would enforce its powers under its content law, the Digital Services Act (DSA). Hegseth says Fort Hood shooter's military execution will be 'livestreamed' To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement.
"So we will definitely make sure that companies and online platforms comply with these obligations here in Europe," he added. The US administration under Trump has hit out at the DSA, accusing the law of being a tool of "foreign censorship" – accusations which Europe denies. Fort Hood shooter’s firing squad execution to be livestreamed, Pentagon says Press Review## Hegseth says Fort Hood shooter's military execution will be 'livestreamed' 1. 1 ## Saudi Arabia threatens 'decisive' response after Riyadh airport strike kills at least 12 Middle East 2. 2 ## Trump strikes diesel deal with Putin, reversing years of pressure on Russia over Ukraine war Europe Includes a video 1 min 3. 3 ## At least twelve killed, multiple people wounded in attack on Riyadh airport Middle East 4. 4 ## Houthi rebels claim latest attacks on Riyadh airport, following Saturday's deadly strike As it happened Middle East 5. 5 ## Trump says Ukraine needs new president after Zelensky pushes back on diesel deal Europe 6. 6 ## ‘So safe you could drink it’: Scientists and pesticide victims fear an EU rollback Long read Europe © 2026 Copyright France 24 - All rights reserved.
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