Facebook is addressing the trend of violent incidents, including murders and suicides, on Facebook Live with a huge expansion of its community operations team.
CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced in a Facebook post that he will add 3,000 staffers to its global community operations teams, bringing the social network’s content-safety division to 7,500 after the hires.
Zuckerberg also said Facebook is developing tools to make it easier for users to report unsettling or violent content and to enable the Menlo Park, Calif.-based company, if necessary, to contact law enforcement to quickly respond.
Here’s more on the subject from the digital executive, who turns 33 years old this month:
Over the past few weeks, we’ve seen people hurting themselves and others on Facebook—either live or in video posted later.
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