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FILE - In this Jan. 29, 2016 file photo, Andy Parker and his wife, Barbara, listen as Virginia Gov. Terry McAulliffe announces a compromise on a set of gun bills at the Capitol in Richmond, Va. The family of a slain journalist is asking the Federal Trade Commission, Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021, to take action against Facebook for failing to remove online footage of her shooting death. Andy Parker says the company is violating its own terms of service in hosting videos on Facebook and its sibling service Instagram that glorify violence. His daughter, TV news reporter Alison Parker, and cameraman Adam Ward were killed by a former co-worker while reporting for Roanoke, Virginia’s WDBJ-TV in August 2015. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Slain reporter’s father takes on Facebook over violent video

By Matt O'Brien and Marcy Gordon

FILE - In this Jan. 15, 2018 file photo, parents of slain TV reporter Alison Parker, Barbara and Andy Parker, listen to speeches as they hold a photo of their daughter during an anti-gun violence rally at the Capitol in Richmond, Va. It has been more than four years since Parker, doing a live television interview in southern Virginia, was killed when a former colleague walked up and shot her and videographer Adam Ward. Despite repeated requests from her father and others, videos of the slaying remain on YouTube, as do countless other graphic videos that show people dying or that promote various outlandish hoaxes. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

Father of slain journalist takes on YouTube over the video

By TOM JACKMAN and The Washington Post - Associated Press