It was initiated by New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and French President Emmanuel Macron in the wake of the terror attack and has attracted the support of technology companies including Amazon, Facebook, Google, Twitter and Microsoft. The announcement precedes an event in New York on Monday, where tech leaders will meet with government representatives to discuss the 'Christchurch Call,' a commitment by governments and tech companies to eliminate violent extremist content online.
Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., said at the Commerce Committee hearing on Wednesday, according to the Washington Post. “I would suggest even more needs to be done, and it needs to be better, and you have the resources and technological capability to do more and better,” Sen. In a separate announcement posted Tuesday, the company outlined how it would develop an independent oversight board of 40 members to oversee the platform’s major content decisions.įacebook announced the changes a day before senate lawmakers questioned the company, along with executives from Google and Twitter, about their efforts to curb the proliferation of extremism online. Posted Fri at 9:15am, updated Fri at 5:34pm Forty-nine people were killed in the shootings across two mosques.
