A neighborhood is looking for answers after a gruesome murder.
Now we're digging deeper to find out why it took
hours for a graphic video allegedly shared by the suspect
to be pulled from the Internet.
New information tonight in the case of Justin Moan,
the man who police say killed and decapitated his father
in his Levittown home.
I'm Jessica Cartaglia. And I'm Yuki Washington.
Here's what we know right now about Moan.
Police say after the murder,
he drove to a military base near Harrisburg and hopped
a fence.
Sources say he could face additional charges related to his
entry.
We also obtained court documents showing he used the federal
government this past July.
He sued rather the federal government this past July over
his finances and a college loan repayment.
The graphic video allegedly showing Moan after the murder was
first uploaded on YouTube and then circulated for hours on
the Internet.
It's put a spotlight on the dangers of violent video
being posted online.
CBS Philadelphia investigative reporter Liz Crawford looked at the gaps
in social media company's ability to prevent and take down
explicit content.
Justin Moan was charged with murder and abusing A corpse
after police say he beheaded his father in their Levittown,
PA house. He then posted a 14 minute video on
YouTube.
It is another clear indication of the ways in which
all these platforms are failing us.
Because of the ways in which they design their products,
they gear towards engagement. In a portion of the video,
which was available to watch on YouTube for about 5
hours,
he holds up his father's severed head.
A YouTube spokesperson told CBS News it has strict policies
prohibiting graphic violence.
Other social media platforms have similar guidelines.
What are the punishments when you set up your own
standards and don't live up to them until there are
laws on the books that say if you do this,
then X will happen, you will have financial penalties,
You will have major challenges for your business because you
have not fulfilled your obligation to the law.
Things will not change, YouTube told CBS News.
In the third quarter of
2023, the site took down
8.1 million videos for violating its policies.
95% of those were first flagged by automated systems.
And the tools are not perfect.
They're going to get better as AI gets better,
right, 'cause they're all using machine learning.
So they're not perfect, but they do help whittle down
sort of,
you know, the massive amounts of content that,
that that's thrown out there on a site like like
YouTube.
In the video posted after the killing,
Justin Moan talked about his father,
conspiracy theories and ranted against the government.
As a criminologist, I would say,
you know, social learning theory really applies here in in
the sense of explaining the danger of this type of
stuff being out there and how it can influence people.
YouTube did remove the video and now has teams closely
tracking any re uploads of it so they can remove
it right away.
Liz Crawford, CBS News Philadelphia
and Stay with CBS News Philadelphia for continued coverage of
this tragic case.
As we learn more about the suspect.
You can always find the latest developments on CBS News
Philadelphia.