The execution by firing squad of a former US Army major will be live-streamed to the public later this year.

Technology expert Leigh Stark told 3AW Mornings host Tom Elliott it would be just about technically impossible for the government to stop the stream.

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“I don’t believe they would have the ability to pull off something like this,” Stark said.

3AW Mornings host Tom Elliott questioned why something like this needed to be live-streamed.

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“I would’ve thought if we do have to have some censorship of the internet, this is the sort of thing that we have to have a serious think about,” he said.

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