YouTube, Meta, and Twitch silent on allowing US government execution livestream

TikTok and Kick said a livestream of an execution would violate their policies. YouTube, Twitch, Meta, and X did not respond to The Verge after a Pentagon official said the execution of Nidal Hasan would be livestreamed.

• Nidal Hasan's firing-squad execution is set for December 3 at 2PM ET
• TikTok and Kick confirmed such a livestream would break their rules
• YouTube, Twitch, Meta, and X did not respond to The Verge
• Meta, Twitch, and X guidelines explicitly ban death-related content