Sentences with phrase «for terrorist content»

Twitter also revealed that the number of accounts suspended for terrorist content had gone down by as much as 8 % at the last count in September.

Not exact matches

NEW YORK, April 16 - A lawyer for victims of terrorist attacks in Israel on Monday urged a federal appeals court to revive their lawsuit against Facebook Inc, saying Mark Zuckerberg's congressional testimony undermined the social media company's argument that it bore no responsibility for content on its platforms.

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff called for social media to be regulated like the tobacco industry on Tuesday, while British Prime Minister Theresa May on Thursday called for tech companies to do more to protect users, saying they can not «stand by while their platforms are used to facilitate child abuse, modern slavery, or the spreading of terrorist and extremist content.»

«We have always been able, on the authority of the home secretary, to sign a warrant and intercept a phone call, a mobile phone call or other media communications, but the question we must ask ourselves is whether, as technology develops, we are content to leave a safe space — a new means of communication — for terrorists to communicate with each other.

The dynamics of this stage of the conversations could be promising: Carper is acting as a go - between to centrists such as Sens. Snowe, Landrieu, Nelson and Lieberman, while Schumer is in constant contact with liberals like Sen. Sherrod BrownSherrod Campbell BrownHillicon Valley: Facebook, Google struggle to block terrorist content Cambridge Analytica declares bankruptcy in US Company exposed phone location data Apple starts paying back taxes to Ireland Overnight Health Care — Sponsored by PCMA — Trump hits federally funded clinics with new abortion restrictions Senate Dems call for probe into why Trump has not issued Russia sanctions MORE (D - Ohio).

and Sherrod BrownSherrod Campbell BrownHillicon Valley: Facebook, Google struggle to block terrorist content Cambridge Analytica declares bankruptcy in US Company exposed phone location data Apple starts paying back taxes to Ireland Overnight Health Care — Sponsored by PCMA — Trump hits federally funded clinics with new abortion restrictions Senate Dems call for probe into why Trump has not issued Russia sanctions MORE (Ohio).

«I'm very concerned about the strength and aggressiveness of you two pushing back,» said Sen. Sherrod BrownSherrod Campbell BrownHillicon Valley: Facebook, Google struggle to block terrorist content Cambridge Analytica declares bankruptcy in US Company exposed phone location data Apple starts paying back taxes to Ireland Overnight Health Care — Sponsored by PCMA — Trump hits federally funded clinics with new abortion restrictions Senate Dems call for probe into why Trump has not issued Russia sanctions MORE (Ohio), the panel's ranking Democrat.

Sen. Sherrod BrownSherrod Campbell BrownHillicon Valley: Facebook, Google struggle to block terrorist content Cambridge Analytica declares bankruptcy in US Company exposed phone location data Apple starts paying back taxes to Ireland Overnight Health Care — Sponsored by PCMA — Trump hits federally funded clinics with new abortion restrictions Senate Dems call for probe into why Trump has not issued Russia sanctions MORE (D - Ohio): Brown, 64, was on Clinton's running mate shortlist.

Rep. Elise StefanikElise Marie StefanikYoung GOP lawmakers push for fresh approach GOP lawmakers back discharge petition to force immigration votes House Republicans reserve millions in early air time MORE (R - N.Y.) is calling on Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) head Scott PruittEdward (Scott) Scott PruittHillicon Valley: Facebook, Google struggle to block terrorist content Cambridge Analytica declares bankruptcy in US Company exposed phone location data Apple starts paying back taxes to Ireland Overnight Energy: Pruitt taps man behind «lock her up» chant for EPA office Watchdog to review EPA email policies Three Republicans join climate caucus Six steps Pruitt must take on his legal defense fund to avoid another scandal MORE to resign.

In the wake of multiple attacks in England, British Prime Minister Theresa May is raising eyebrows by saying there's been «too much tolerance» of extremism, and calling out US tech companies for not doing enough to combat terrorist content on the internet.

However the executive body appears to be seeking to bundle up various types of «illegal» content into the same problem bucket — and quickly drew criticism it risks encouraging algorithmic censorship by seeking to create one set of rules to apply to copyrighted content and terrorist propaganda, for example.

Where terrorist content specifically is concerned, the Commission has also been pushing for increased used by tech firms of what it calls «proactive measures», including «automated detection».

We continue to work hard to remove hate speech and terrorist content while making sure that Facebook remains a platform for all ideas.»

In other words, Twitter says it has for the most part a handle on keeping particular terrorist content off its platform.

Twitter's hammer has come down hard on 1.2 million accounts for terrorist - related content.

A spokesperson for Facebook told CNET that the company works hard to remove content relating to terrorist groups, as did a Twitter representative.