(AP) Executives of Facebook, Google and Twitter told Congress on Wednesday that they’ve gotten better and faster at detecting and removing violent extremist content on their social media platforms in the face of mass shootings fueled by hatred.
Questioned at a hearing by the Senate Commerce Committee, the executives said they are spending money on technology to improve their ability to flag extremist content and taking the initiative to reach out to law enforcement authorities to try to head off potential violent incidents.
“We will continue to invest in the people and technology to meet the challenge,” said Derek Slater, Google’s director of information policy.
The lawmakers want to know what the companies are doing to remove hate speech from their platforms and how they are coordinating with law enforcement.
