Will social media platforms allow Fort Hood shooter's execution to be livestreamed?

The Pentagon’s decision to livestream the firing-squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan could put the spotlight on whether social media companies will allow videos on their platforms.

Washington — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's revelation that the execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan will be streamed live has drawn fierce criticism and calls for him to reconsider his plan. But it has also put the spotlight on whether social media companies will allow government accounts to stream the death by firing squad on their platforms.Hegseth has not provided additional details about the Defense Department's plans to livestream the execution of Hasan, who was convicted of killing 13 people and injuring more than 30 at Fort Hood in 2009. Hasan is set to die by firing squad at 1 p.m. on Dec. 3 at the Texas Army installation, the defense secretary said."We'll make sure that people are able to watch it, that it's public, because people need to understand that there's consequences for these types of things," Hegseth said.The defense chief did not say how the execution would be streamed, and whether the Pentagon would provide that content through its social media accounts or on its website.

But his comments Thursday, made to far-right political activist Jack Posobiec, provide advance warning to social media companies that the content could be posted to their platforms."If this were a private entity who said, 'we're going to be executing someone at this date,' I think platforms would just say, 'you can't