President Donald Trump said Thursday that the planned execution by firing squad of convicted Fort Hood mass killer Nidal Hasan would not be live-streamed.
Trump's announcement came after growing opposition to the idea of showing Hasan's execution live online, with concern that the footage would become a recruiting tool for terrorists.
"Nidal Malik Hasan, a former U.S. Army Major turned traitor, is a very bad and evil man," Trump said in a Truth Social post.
"With all of that being said, I think streaming the execution for all to see might have been a strong deterrent for the World to witness how America deals with Terrorists and SCUM like Hasan but, many very good and well meaning people would rather not watch him die, through streaming, or through any other visual device," Trump wrote.
"He will die, as scheduled, by firing squad, but this event will not be streamed."