Thursday, September 21, 2017

Facebook strategist rejects PM's claim over extremist material

Artificial intelligence programs are being

created to identify such material, and hundreds of people are employed to search for content that should be removed, said Brian Fishman, who manages the company’s global counter-terrorism policy.
In response to a question about May’s assertions that big internet companies provide a safe space for terrorism, Fishman said: “Facebook’s policy on this is really clear. Terrorists are not allowed to be on Facebook. So I don’t think the suggestion that technology companies must be compelled to care is helpful at this stage.”


On Wednesday, May told the United Nations general assembly that she believed tech firms needed to develop the capacity to take down terrorist-related material in two hours.