Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg has announced the company is looking to restrict live video and will ban Australian "hate groups" from the social network following the streaming of footage of the Christchurch massacre on its platforms.

The company will explore "restrictions" on who can broadcast live on Facebook depending on factors such as prior community standard violations, Sandberg said in blog posts on Facebook and Instagram.

"We have heard feedback that we must do more – and we agree," Sandberg wrote. "In the wake of the terrorist attack, we are taking three steps: strengthening the rules for using Facebook Live, taking further steps to address hate on our platforms, and supporting the New Zealand community."

"People with bad intentions will always try to get around our security measure": Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg. Credit:Bloomberg

A lone gunman killed 50 people at two mosques in New Zealand on March 15, while livestreaming the massacre.