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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Josh Taylor and Mostafa Rachwani

Sydney church stabbing: social media pages ‘infamous’ for spreading misinformation taken down

NSW premier Chris Minns and police commissioner Karen Webb arrive to pay their respects to the victims of the Bondi Junction massacre
Chris Minns and NSW police commissioner Karen Webb. The premier has expressed concern at the amount of misinformation and violent imagery on social media. Photograph: Ayush Kumar/AFP/Getty Images

Social media pages “infamous” for spreading misinformation have been taken down after the Wakeley church stabbing attack, the New South Wales premier, Chris Minns, said on Thursday, while expressing alarm at the “wildfire” of rumour and graphic content still proliferating on tech platforms.

On Monday night YouTube was live broadcasting Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel’s service at the Assyrian Christ the Good Shepherd church. After the stabbing occurred, video clips spread through WhatsApp groups before police had arrived on scene.

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