Facebook to hire 3,000 to review crime, suicide videos
Social media giant Facebook is expected to provide Congress on Monday, September 2, 2017, with more than 3,000 ads that ran around the time of the 2016 presidential election and are linked to a Russian ad agency. AFP file photo
Facebook says it will hire another 3,000 people to review videos of crime and suicides following murders shown live.
That's on top of the 4,500 people Facebook already has for such reviews.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. The announcement comes from CEO Mark Zuckerberg in a blog post today.
Facebook has been criticized recently for not doing enough to prevent videos — such as a murder in Cleveland, a killing of a baby in Thailand — from spreading on its service.
Videos and posts that glorify violence are against Facebook's terms of service. But in most cases, users have to report them to the company for them to be reviewed and possibly removed.
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