The way social media platforms handle violent content has come under renewed scrutiny after a man in the US allegedly killed a woman and posted images of her body online. Social media sites have been repeatedly criticised by governments and regulators for failing to stop violent content from spreading on their platforms. We are taking every measure to remove this content from our platforms,” the firm said in a statement. We don’t want people seeing content that violates our policies.”However, Damian Collins, the Conservative chairman of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) Select Committee – which has led inquiries into the policing of illegal content – accused social platforms of failing to take violent content seriously. Labour MP Yvette Cooper, the chairwoman of the House of Commons Home Affairs Select Committee, has also repeatedly accused internet firms of failing to take action and “profiting” from hateful and violent content.

Source: Irish Examiner July 16, 2019 09:00 UTC