By David Ingram
Facebook Inc (FB.O) will
hire 3,000 more people over the next year to speed up the removal of videos
showing murder, suicide and other violent acts, in its most dramatic move yet
to combat the biggest threat to its valuable public image.
The hiring spree, announced by Chief
Executive Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday, is an acknowledgement by Facebook that
it needs more than automated software to identify and remove offensive posts
that have exploded online and made headlines in the traditional news media.
The problem has become more pressing
since the introduction last year of Facebook Live, a service that allows any of
Facebook's 1.9 billion monthly users to broadcast video, which has been marred
by some violent scenes.
Some violence on Facebook is inevitable
given its size, researchers say, but the company has been attacked for its slow
response.
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Source: Reuters
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