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.
