Hasan's execution will put platforms to the test: TikTok and Newsmax have already said they will not broadcast it

TikTok and Newsmax confirmed to Axios that they will not allow the live stream or videos of the potential public execution by firing squad of Nidal Hasan, which the Department of War plans to broadcast live.

According to the aforementioned media outlet, a TikTok spokesperson stated that the broadcast would violate its terms of service, which prohibit the display of "graphic incidents and violence, including torture, the moment of someone's death, or a shooting," as well as "dead bodies, graphic injuries, including dismembered, mutilated, charred or burned bodies."

For its part, a Newsmax spokesperson told Axios: "We will not show the actual execution on air. We will review what clips we may show, but at no time will they be graphic. Newsmax disagrees with the Pentagon's plan to livestream the execution."

As for Hasan, he killed 13 people on November 5, 2009—including 12 soldiers and one civilian—and wounded more than three. He was sentenced to death in 2013. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth recently confirmed that the execution will take place on December 3 and that it will be broadcast live. According to CBS News, it would be the first military execution since 1961.

The plan to broadcast the execution live sparked controversy among Democrats and Republicans. Among the critics was Republican Senator Thom Tillis, who clarified that he supports Hasan's death sentence but wrote on X that the broadcast is "more than repugnant." Vice President JD Vance, a convert to Catholicism, said he would not watch it. President Donald Trump has not commented publicly on the case.

Another prominent voice opposing the public execution was Archbishop Timothy Broglio, who heads the U.S. Archdiocese for Military Services. In a statement, Broglio called for Catholic soldiers not to participate in the firing squad and rejected the live broadcast.