Few days after some users recorded shocking executions and suicide online, Facebook top brass management has launched a step to curb the unfortunate events through rapid response strategy.
The company founder and Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg posted on his Facebook wall that the company has embarked on building community or user safety mechanisms that will scale down cybercrimes.
According to Zuckerberg, the company requires 3,000 more employees on top of the 4,500 ones existing so that it can hasten the response to the emergency situations necessitating administrator intervention by next year.
“These reviewers will help us get better at removing things we don't allow on Facebook like hate speech and child exploitation. And we'll keep working with local community groups and law enforcement who are in the best position to help someone if they need it -- either because they're about to harm themselves, or because they're in danger from someone else,” noted Mr Zuckerberg.
He added there are other ways to be introduced to the users through which they will rapidly report the posts that they deem to be undermining or abusing the freedom of expression.
Zuckerberg lauded the progress of by saying that the company has already started seeing the fruits of the transformation.
“Just last week, we got a report that someone on Live was considering suicide. We immediately reached out to law enforcement, and they were able to prevent him from hurting himself. In other cases, we weren't so fortunate,” he stated.
Online crimes have recently been on the rise, with users committing suicide, engaging in rape and murder while streamlining the events.
In April 2017, a Thai man streamed a video where he murdered his 11 year-old daughter before proceeding to kill himself.
Another incident that took place in the same month is where a 15-year-old boy was taken to juvenile court for having participated in a gang rape, which he alongside his co-perpetrators streamed live on Facebook.
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