This article is about how many people believed that Facebook could've done more in order to help hide the extremist material from the internet. In addition, the prime ministers spokesperson believed that social media companies have a responsibility when it comes to making sure this material is not disseminated and we have been clear repeatedly that we think that they can and must do more. For example, Facebook have ways in which only users aged 18 or above could have access only to view and therefore, this was a key reason in which why people were disappointed in why these things weren't thought of when the actual incident was happening. Furthermore, this isn't the only time which Facebook have done this similar sort of thing. Of course the battle of Mosul was another thing which they could've kept aside from the younger audience etc. On the other hand, another spokesman Boris Johnson said that he does think the responsibility for this most lies with the internet providers, with those that are responsible for great social media companies. They have got to look at the stuff that is going up on their sites. They have got to take steps to invigilate it and to take it down where they can”.
- “Whenever we are made aware of this kind of content, we take swift action to remove it from Facebook and work with law enforcement and security agencies as appropriate. We take this responsibility very seriously and continue to work with the government to explore what more can be done to tackle extremism online.”
- Speaking in New York this week, Boris Johnson, the foreign secretary, said extremist material online was “corrupting and polluting” many people.
- The fight against terrorism and hate speech had to be a joint one, he said. “The government and security services are doing everything they can and it is clear that social media companies can and must do more.”
In my opinion, I believe that what Facebook have been doing about these types of events are not to a professional standard. This is a major company who is rivaling with the worlds best companies and if Facebook cannot get the little things right, then they would fall far behind due to the reputation that they may potentially get. As said previously, the battle of Mosul was another graphic live stream which wasn't monitored properly by Facebook and also had these similar problems that they are facing now. Therefore, I believe that in the future, Facebook will need to think much more wiser than they may now and would need to step up their content in the future.
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