Andy Parker, father of slain journalist, to discuss FTC's complaint for him against Facebook at news conference, Oct. 12

The National Press Club will host a news conference at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 12, with Andy Parker, father of slain WDBJ-TV (Roanoke, Va.) reporter Alison Parker, to discuss the complaint Federal Trade Commission has filed on his behalf against Facebook.

Attorneys from the Georgetown University’s Law Center Civil Rights Clinic, a small, nonprofit law firm which represents Parker on a pro-bono basis, also will appear.

The complaint raises questions about Facebook’s role in allowing moment-of-death video of Alison Parker’s Aug. 26, 2015, murder to be posted and re-posted on the network. Parker and the attorneys will give details of the FTC filing, discuss what they are asking Facebook to do and answer reporters’ questions.

Last year Parker and the Law Clinic filed a similar complaint against Google/YouTube, which is pending.

Alison Parker and her cameraman Adam Ward were shot and killed by a gunman while they were conducting a live television interview in Virginia. The video shows the moment of death for Ms. Parker. The Parker family, for obvious reasons, does not want the video to be posted on Facebook or any other platform.

Facebook’s response to requests to remove the video have not been adequate, as is detailed in the complaint.

Andy Parker, a National Press Club member, has testified before Congress on similar issues and expects to testify again in the near future. After the murder of his daughter, he has become known as a gun-control activist.

He has appeared on major television networks and cable outlets, and has been a contributor to publications including The Washington Post, Time, Newsweek, Huffington Post and USA Today. He is author of "For Alison: The Murder of a Young Journalist and Her Father’s Fight For Gun Safety."