Social Media Companies say They are Removing Violent Content Faster #News

 

Washington: Major U.S. social media companies said in a panel in the Senate on Wednesday that after several high-profile incidents, they are taking more measures to prevent the removal of violent or extremist content from online platforms, with a focus on using More technical tools to speed up the action.

Beckett said Facebook has asked law enforcement agencies to improve their machine learning to detect violent videos by "accessing videos that could be useful training tools."

Monica Beckett, Facebook's head of global policy management, told the Senate Commerce Committee that the software's detection system reduces our average time to detect violations on Facebook Live by 12 seconds. , Which reduces our average detection time to 90%. Shortly a few months ago, in May of this year, Facebook Inc. said it would temporarily suspend users who blocked the rules from playing live video. Following the international outcry, the shooter killed 51 people in New Zealand and broadcast the attack live on his page. 

Critics say many violent videos or posts by extremist groups supporting terrorism have not been immediately removed from social media sites. 

Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal said social media companies should take more steps to prevent violent content.