EU warns platforms against livestreaming US execution
Brussels says digital services act will be used to prevent broadcast of Nidal Hasan's execution in Europe.
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Nidal Hasan, un homme de 56 ans, condamné à mort pour un attentat sur une basé américain où il a provoqué la mort de 13 personnes, doit être fusillé sur les lieux mêmes, au Texas. © Crédit photo : HANDOUT / AFP
Photograph: Sud Ouest (embedded from source)
What this story says
- Nidal Hasan is scheduled to be executed by firing squad on December 3.
- The European Union has warned digital platforms against livestreaming the execution.
- Brussels stated that the EU's Digital Services Act would be used to prevent the broadcast in Europe.
- The US administration has cast doubt on whether the execution would be broadcast live.
Who covered it
Percentages are shares of the 7 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 7 of the 14 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .
Trust
42/100
Craft
61/100
Hype
41/100
14 sources · methodology
Thin on the left so far
None of the 7 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated left.
This story is still being watched, so it is a count and not yet a finding. Coverage keeps arriving for hours after an event, and a side that has published nothing this morning may publish by tonight. If it is still true when we stop checking, we will say so plainly.
Nidal Hasan is scheduled to be executed by firing squad on December 3. Hasan killed 13 people at a military base in 2009. The European Union has warned digital platforms against livestreaming the execution. Brussels stated that the EU's Digital Services Act (DSA) governs rules on violent content and would be enforced to prevent the broadcast in Europe. The US administration has cast doubt on whether the execution would be broadcast live.
Disagreement on broadcast plans
An official from the US Department of Defense initially assured that the execution would be broadcast live, according to Sud Ouest and Le Figaro. However, the US administration has since cast doubt on this information, as reported by Sud Ouest.
What the coverage left out
None of the centre or right-rated reports mention the US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth by name, although some unrated reports do. The centre-rated reports do not mention the US administration casting doubt on whether the execution would be broadcast live, a detail present in the Sud Ouest full report.
Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 1 time, most recently on 12 Oct 2026, 14:30, and will add the sides that appear.
How each side covered it
Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.
Left
0 rated outlets
No outlet rated left has run this story so far. We are still checking, and will say plainly if that does not change.
Centre
2 rated outlets
- The centre-rated reports led on the European Union's warning to digital platforms regarding the livestreaming of Nidal Hasan's execution. Both Sud Ouest and France24 highlighted that the EU intends to enforce its Digital Services Act (DSA) to prevent such content from being broadcast in Europe. Sud Ouest included details about Hasan's scheduled execution date and the number of people he killed, as well as mentioning Meta's, X's, and TikTok's policies on violent content. France24 also stated that platforms have an obligation to moderate shocking and violent content under EU rules.
Right
5 rated outlets
- The right-rated reports focused on the EU's warning and its readiness to take action against digital platforms. Le Figaro, Aftenposten, and dagelijksestandaard.nl all mentioned that the EU is prepared to act if platforms broadcast the execution live. Le Figaro and Aftenposten noted that Nidal Hasan is scheduled to be shot on December 3 for killing 13 people in 2009. Reformatorisch Dagblad and Frankfurter Allgemeine also reported on the EU's warning, with Reformatorisch Dagblad specifically stating that livestreaming executions is not allowed in the EU and that Brussels will ensure this. Frankfurter Allgemeine's report was part of a liveticker on US politics under Trump.
Questions about this coverage
- How did the left and right cover EU warns platforms against livestreaming US execution?
- Of the 7 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 0% are rated left, 29% are rated centre, 71% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 14. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
- Is EU warns platforms against livestreaming US execution left or right?
- Too few of the outlets on this story carry a published leaning rating to say. 7 of them do, and this site does not characterise a field under 12: at that size one newsroom filing moves the share by ten points. The percentages above are the count as it stands.
- Is the coverage of EU warns platforms against livestreaming US execution biased?
- EU warns platforms against livestreaming US execution is one event reported by 14 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
- Which side is not reporting EU warns platforms against livestreaming US execution?
- When we first saw this story, outlets rated left had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
- Which outlets covered EU warns platforms against livestreaming US execution?
- 14 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
- When is Nidal Hasan scheduled to be executed?
- Nidal Hasan is scheduled to be executed by firing squad on December 3. He killed 13 people at a military base in 2009.
- What is the European Union's stance on the execution broadcast?
- The European Union has warned digital platforms against livestreaming the execution. Brussels stated that the EU's Digital Services Act governs rules on violent content and would be enforced to prevent the broadcast in Europe.
- Will the execution be broadcast live in the US?
- An official from the US Department of Defense initially assured that the execution would be broadcast live. However, the US administration has since cast doubt on this information.
Read it at the source
14 outlets, grouped by the leaning a published rating gives them. Every headline links to the original; an underlined outlet name opens our profile of that publisher.
Left
0No outlet in this group ran the story.
Centre
2- EU warns online platforms over livestreaming US execution planned by Pentagon (opens France24 in a new tab)
- The Live Death of an American Convict Does Not Have to Be Broadcast on European Screens, Otherwise the EU Commits Itself to Cracking Down on the Platforms (opens Sud Ouest in a new tab)
Sud Ouest — is Sud Ouest biased? Our profile of this outletOpinion
Right
5- EU Ready to Take Action if Digital Platforms Broadcast US Live Performance (opens Le Figaro in a new tab)
Le Figaro — is Le Figaro biased? Our profile of this outletOpinion
- Liveticker USA Under Trump: EU Warns Online Platforms Against Broadcasting Execution in the US (opens Frankfurter Allgemeine in a new tab)
Frankfurter Allgemeine — is Frankfurter Allgemeine biased? Our profile of this outlet
- EU Warns Digital Platforms Against Showing Planned Execution in US (opens Aftenposten in a new tab)
Aftenposten — is Aftenposten biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Brussels Points Out that Livestreaming Executions Is Not Allowed in the EU. (opens dagelijksestandaard.nl in a new tab)
dagelijksestandaard.nl — is dagelijksestandaard.nl biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Brussels Points Out that Livestreaming Executions Is Not Allowed in the EU. (opens Reformatorisch Dagblad in a new tab)
Reformatorisch Dagblad — is Reformatorisch Dagblad biased? Our profile of this outlet
Not rated
7- EU Warns of Live Streaming From Execution (opens Fréttir - mbl.is in a new tab)
Fréttir - mbl.is — is Fréttir - mbl.is biased? Our profile of this outlet
- EU Warns Platforms Against Broadcasting US Execution. DSA Threatens Crackdown (opens Aktuality.sk in a new tab)
Aktuality.sk — is Aktuality.sk biased? Our profile of this outlet
- EU Warns Against Showing Planned Execution in US (opens Nettavisen in a new tab)
Nettavisen — is Nettavisen biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Execution of the Author of a Killing in the United States: Europe Ready to Go if Platforms Broadcast It Live (opens RTBF in a new tab)
- US Plans Livestream: EU Warns Online Platforms Against Broadcasting Executions (opens rtl.lu in a new tab)
- Brussels Points Out that Livestreaming Executions Is Not Allowed in the EU. (opens welingelichtekringen.nl in a new tab)
welingelichtekringen.nl — is welingelichtekringen.nl biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Brussels: Livestreaming Executions Not Allowed in the EU (opens Nieuws.nl in a new tab)
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