On Easter Sunday 2017, a guy made a Facebook video. But this wasn’t like other Facebook videos. Because he made one of himself killing a 74-year-old innocent man, then claimed he killed several others. Also, in April 2017, someone posted their own suicide. This is an epidemic Mark Zuckerberg wants to rid Facebook of. So Facebook fights violent videos by hiring 3,000.
Facebook will hire them to monitor violent and harmful videos. Also, this team will remove them quicker. ?Zuckerberg believes this move is vital. He hints that with more people, they deal with such videos more effectively. Facebook gets millions of complaints every week. Also, keep in mind Facebook has over two billion people. So many believe this move isn’t enough.
Yes, I know most people don’t put violent and deadly posts on Facebook. But all it takes is a small handful to mess it up for everyone else. This is just another attempt to make Facebook a safer place. They launched tools for loved ones to contact each other in the wake of natural disaster or mass violent attacks. Then they set up suicide prevention tools. Furthermore, they have tools to combat the epidemic of revenge porn and sexploitation. Now Facebook fights violent videos.
They also vow to fight ‘fake news’ and ‘hate speech’. I don’t know how to feel about that one. Yes, I’m all for getting rid of murder and suicide online. Why any psychopath wants to put that online is beyond me. Furthermore, why would anybody want to see a murder or suicide online? I do think every IT service company should fight this kind of videos. But them tackling ‘fake news’ and ‘hate speech’; I’m weary about that. Because I don’t want Mark Zuckerberg, or any other Facebook employee, telling me what ‘fake news’ and ‘hate speech’ are. That gives them way too much power. And couldn’t that lead to censorship altogether?